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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... implies that the person addressed should already before this have ceased the offensive action ; cf. be gone , 23.5g . Participles 23.91 . As we shall presently see , the time relations of the two English participles are not so simple as ...
... implies that the person addressed should already before this have ceased the offensive action ; cf. be gone , 23.5g . Participles 23.91 . As we shall presently see , the time relations of the two English participles are not so simple as ...
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... implies identity of the two acts ( " going to would be insulting society " ) ; if he had said " I should insult ... imply the present , the eating having already begun at the time of speaking . 24.76 . Always and synonyms with the ...
... implies identity of the two acts ( " going to would be insulting society " ) ; if he had said " I should insult ... imply the present , the eating having already begun at the time of speaking . 24.76 . Always and synonyms with the ...
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... implies scornful assertion : Is he over fifty ? —Oh yes , I should think so [ = Rather ! ] . 26.62 . We next come to the use in conditional clauses . If he called , if he should call , and if he were to call are nearly synonym- ous ...
... implies scornful assertion : Is he over fifty ? —Oh yes , I should think so [ = Rather ! ] . 26.62 . We next come to the use in conditional clauses . If he called , if he should call , and if he were to call are nearly synonym- ous ...
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