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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... Examples of [ sj ] > [ √ ] : mission , pension , nation , portion ; ocean , musician , Venetian . vicious , ambitious , anxious . special , social , partial . ancient , patient ; patience , conscience . Prussia , inertia ; species ...
... Examples of [ sj ] > [ √ ] : mission , pension , nation , portion ; ocean , musician , Venetian . vicious , ambitious , anxious . special , social , partial . ancient , patient ; patience , conscience . Prussia , inertia ; species ...
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... example as tertiaries in the same way as cleverly . 8.2 . As adjectives are generally secondaries , and adverbs tertiaries ... examples of the most normal cases , substantives as primaries , adjectives as secondaries , and adverbs as ...
... example as tertiaries in the same way as cleverly . 8.2 . As adjectives are generally secondaries , and adverbs tertiaries ... examples of the most normal cases , substantives as primaries , adjectives as secondaries , and adverbs as ...
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... examples like " the door is red " and " the dog barks " the nexus is independent and forms a whole sentence , i.e. it gives a complete bit of information . But it is important to notice that a nexus may also be dependent , and in that ...
... examples like " the door is red " and " the dog barks " the nexus is independent and forms a whole sentence , i.e. it gives a complete bit of information . But it is important to notice that a nexus may also be dependent , and in that ...
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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