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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... grammatical categories . In most of the chapters the forms have first been considered and then their use , but more stress has everywhere been laid on the latter than on the former . In this way it is thought that a clearer conception ...
... grammatical categories . In most of the chapters the forms have first been considered and then their use , but more stress has everywhere been laid on the latter than on the former . In this way it is thought that a clearer conception ...
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... grammatical subjects , but the cat and the dog together is the subject of the sentence , as will be seen from a ... grammatical object ( though denoting two persons ; cp . saw them " ) ; Charles gave his daughter and her husband their ...
... grammatical subjects , but the cat and the dog together is the subject of the sentence , as will be seen from a ... grammatical object ( though denoting two persons ; cp . saw them " ) ; Charles gave his daughter and her husband their ...
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... Grammatical words . - Word - order . - Grammatical synonyms . 36.1 . Our task is ended . We have tried to give an idea of the grammatical structure of the English language as it is spoken and written in the beginning of the twentieth ...
... Grammatical words . - Word - order . - Grammatical synonyms . 36.1 . Our task is ended . We have tried to give an idea of the grammatical structure of the English language as it is spoken and written in the beginning of the twentieth ...
Inhalt
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