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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... less least ( much , many ) ( far ) more most farther , further farthest , furthest Worse may occasionally be the comparative of such adjectives as dreadful , vile , wretched , wrong , etc. - the essential thing is that it is the ...
... less least ( much , many ) ( far ) more most farther , further farthest , furthest Worse may occasionally be the comparative of such adjectives as dreadful , vile , wretched , wrong , etc. - the essential thing is that it is the ...
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... less than half an hour . The last comer , who turned out to be no less a person than the Prime Minister . Less acute men would have noticed nothing . Littler and littlest may occasionally be found : Where love is great , the littlest ...
... less than half an hour . The last comer , who turned out to be no less a person than the Prime Minister . Less acute men would have noticed nothing . Littler and littlest may occasionally be found : Where love is great , the littlest ...
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... less dangerous ( less good ) than . Obviously I and 3 are closely connected as indicating inequality and requiring than , while 2 requires as , before the second member of comparison . Comparisons with less are not very frequent ; instead ...
... less dangerous ( less good ) than . Obviously I and 3 are closely connected as indicating inequality and requiring than , while 2 requires as , before the second member of comparison . Comparisons with less are not very frequent ; instead ...
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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