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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Otto Jespersen. CHAPTER XV PERSON Three persons . - Substitutes for pronouns . - Indirect speech.- Vocative . - Imperative . — Verbs . — Difficulties . — Generic person . 15.1 . When in grammar we speak of the three persons , we mean the ...
Otto Jespersen. CHAPTER XV PERSON Three persons . - Substitutes for pronouns . - Indirect speech.- Vocative . - Imperative . — Verbs . — Difficulties . — Generic person . 15.1 . When in grammar we speak of the three persons , we mean the ...
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... person singular of most verbs ends in -s ( 23.14 ) . From the verb be we have in the present the forms I am , you are , he is ( plural are in all persons ) . The present subjunctive ( 27.3 ) is always like the base and thus does not add ...
... person singular of most verbs ends in -s ( 23.14 ) . From the verb be we have in the present the forms I am , you are , he is ( plural are in all persons ) . The present subjunctive ( 27.3 ) is always like the base and thus does not add ...
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... person in the verb may be justified by the fact that the meaning is " the person that is wrong , is John , not you , " cf. on it is , 34.14 . 15.53 . After your excellency and the other substitutes for the second person the verb is put ...
... person in the verb may be justified by the fact that the meaning is " the person that is wrong , is John , not you , " cf. on it is , 34.14 . 15.53 . After your excellency and the other substitutes for the second person the verb is put ...
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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