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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... past time . The pluperfect . - Infinitive . - Imperative.— Participles . Second participle . - Perfect participle ... past . - Habit . - Imaginative . - I would . - Would you . - Wishes . - Conditioned sentences . - First person ...
... past time . The pluperfect . - Infinitive . - Imperative.— Participles . Second participle . - Perfect participle ... past . - Habit . - Imaginative . - I would . - Would you . - Wishes . - Conditioned sentences . - First person ...
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... past X B : present C : future Or , rather , we may say that time is divided into two parts , the past and the future , the point of division being the present moment , which , like a mathematical point , has no dimension , but is ...
... past X B : present C : future Or , rather , we may say that time is divided into two parts , the past and the future , the point of division being the present moment , which , like a mathematical point , has no dimension , but is ...
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... past.— Imaginative.— Obligation . — Advice . — Obligation effaced . Conditional clauses . - Emotional should ... past to express volition ; outside negative sentences such as : He knocked at the door , but she would not let him in- it is ...
... past.— Imaginative.— Obligation . — Advice . — Obligation effaced . Conditional clauses . - Emotional should ... past to express volition ; outside negative sentences such as : He knocked at the door , but she would not let him in- it is ...
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