Essentials of English GrammarUniversity of Alabama Press, 1964 - 387 Seiten A classic of English grammar, Essentials of English Grammar provides a common ground for the traditionalist and the structural or descriptive linguist. Jespersen's work provides insight into the fundamental concepts that underlie the linguistic approach, but at the same time the foundation of the traditional approach is retained. |
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... construction is building in a passive sense was liable to misunderstanding in some combinations and could not be applied to all verbs . Hence it was natural that a new construction , clearer , but clumsier , is being built , should come ...
... construction is building in a passive sense was liable to misunderstanding in some combinations and could not be applied to all verbs . Hence it was natural that a new construction , clearer , but clumsier , is being built , should come ...
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... construction with for is found after adjectives , not only such as are also otherwise constructed with for ( as in ... constructions as This stone is too heavy for you to lift , " in which for you is immediately connected with too heavy ...
... construction with for is found after adjectives , not only such as are also otherwise constructed with for ( as in ... constructions as This stone is too heavy for you to lift , " in which for you is immediately connected with too heavy ...
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... construction with if or whether , the inverted order of a direct question without any conjunction is often retained in colloquial style , though person and tense may be shifted : She whispered something , and asked was that enough ...
... construction with if or whether , the inverted order of a direct question without any conjunction is often retained in colloquial style , though person and tense may be shifted : She whispered something , and asked was that enough ...
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CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
CHAPTER III | 29 |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs amorphous sentences auxiliary barks CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations Compare compounds connexion consonant construction corresponding definite article denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expanded tenses express felt French frequent future genitive gerund grammatical H. W. Fowler idea implies indefinite indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative intransitive Jane Austen John kind lady language look married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note originally participle passive perfect phonetic pluperfect plural possible preceded predicative present tense preterit primary pronouns pronunciation question reference regard relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling spoken stantive stress subjunctive substantive superlative syllable tell tendency tertiary thing third person thou transitive verbs verb voiceless vowel woman word-order words writing