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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... Future time . - Auxiliaries of the perfect and plu- perfect . - Old and modern use of be . - Inclusive time . - I ... future . - First person . - Second person . - Condition.— Pure future . I will . - Before - future . Supposition ...
... Future time . - Auxiliaries of the perfect and plu- perfect . - Old and modern use of be . - Inclusive time . - I ... future . - First person . - Second person . - Condition.— Pure future . I will . - Before - future . Supposition ...
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... future - I hope I shall have finished ) —has an important function as ' imaginative infinitive , ' see 24.5 . Imperative 23.84 . As the meaning of the imperative is a request , and as a request has always reference to the future , we ...
... future - I hope I shall have finished ) —has an important function as ' imaginative infinitive , ' see 24.5 . Imperative 23.84 . As the meaning of the imperative is a request , and as a request has always reference to the future , we ...
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... future : I shall be having breakfast in a minute [ shall have begun breakfast ] . Stop him . He'll be doing something desperate . The expanded infinitive gives the possibility of a nuance : people will come speaks only vaguely of the future ...
... future : I shall be having breakfast in a minute [ shall have begun breakfast ] . Stop him . He'll be doing something desperate . The expanded infinitive gives the possibility of a nuance : people will come speaks only vaguely of the future ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs amorphous sentences auxiliary barks CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations Compare compounds connexion consonant construction corresponding definite denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expressed felt fool French frequent genitive gerund grammatical H. W. Fowler idea indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative intransitive Jane Austen John kind king lady language live look married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note one's originally participle passive perfect phonetic pluperfect plural possessive pronoun possible predicative prepositional group present preterit primary pronouns prop-word question reference regard relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling stantive stress substantive superlative syllable tendency tertiary Thackeray thing third person thou transitive verbs verb voiceless vowel woman word-order words writing