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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... important , to which the two others are subordinate , and of these again cold is more important than terribly . Weather is determined or defined by cold , and cold in its turn similarly determined or defined by terribly . We have thus ...
... important , to which the two others are subordinate , and of these again cold is more important than terribly . Weather is determined or defined by cold , and cold in its turn similarly determined or defined by terribly . We have thus ...
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... important respects . In the first place it has the advantage that it can be formed and formed in the same way , through the addition of -ing - from any verb ( with the exception of may , shall and a few other auxiliaries of the same ...
... important respects . In the first place it has the advantage that it can be formed and formed in the same way , through the addition of -ing - from any verb ( with the exception of may , shall and a few other auxiliaries of the same ...
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... important than others ; the place of the stress often serves to distinguish a substantive from a verb : a record : I record . Tone serves more emotional purposes and is of special importance in amorphous sentences and in questions . In ...
... important than others ; the place of the stress often serves to distinguish a substantive from a verb : a record : I record . Tone serves more emotional purposes and is of special importance in amorphous sentences and in questions . In ...
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