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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... participle . ( 3 ) t is added in some verbs after n : burn - burnt , learn — learnt , pen — pent . after 1 : dwell - dwelt , smell - smelt , spell - spelt , spill— spilt , spoil - spoilt . Spoil in the sense of ' plunder ' is a ...
... participle . ( 3 ) t is added in some verbs after n : burn - burnt , learn — learnt , pen — pent . after 1 : dwell - dwelt , smell - smelt , spell - spelt , spill— spilt , spoil - spoilt . Spoil in the sense of ' plunder ' is a ...
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... participle and past participle . They will therefore here be called the first participle ( always ending in -ing ) and the second participle ( sometimes ending in -d , -t or -n , sometimes with no ... participle , it 23.9 ] 249 PARTICIPLES.
... participle and past participle . They will therefore here be called the first participle ( always ending in -ing ) and the second participle ( sometimes ending in -d , -t or -n , sometimes with no ... participle , it 23.9 ] 249 PARTICIPLES.
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... participle indicates merely contemporaneousness : he was a well - known barrister , etc. The distinction will be seen to be important when we come to speak of tenses in the passive , 24.1 . Perfect Participle 23.93 . A perfect ...
... participle indicates merely contemporaneousness : he was a well - known barrister , etc. The distinction will be seen to be important when we come to speak of tenses in the passive , 24.1 . Perfect Participle 23.93 . A perfect ...
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