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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... predicative ? —Article or no article with substantives as pre- dicatives . - Predicative left out . 13.1 . In such sentences as he was quiet | he seemed quiet , he became quiet , we call quiet a predicative . The predicative gives a ...
... predicative ? —Article or no article with substantives as pre- dicatives . - Predicative left out . 13.1 . In such sentences as he was quiet | he seemed quiet , he became quiet , we call quiet a predicative . The predicative gives a ...
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... predicative first and then the subject without any verb . This word - order is generally due to a strong emotion ; very often the predicative is pronounced without the speaker at first intending to let anything else follow ; if then the ...
... predicative first and then the subject without any verb . This word - order is generally due to a strong emotion ; very often the predicative is pronounced without the speaker at first intending to let anything else follow ; if then the ...
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... ( predicative ) . 13.9 . A predicative may be left out after the simple be , if it is sufficiently clear from the context : Is he rich ? Yes , he is . ( Yes , he is ; immensely . ) He was angry , but I was not . This was very useful to ...
... ( predicative ) . 13.9 . A predicative may be left out after the simple be , if it is sufficiently clear from the context : Is he rich ? Yes , he is . ( Yes , he is ; immensely . ) He was angry , but I was not . This was very useful to ...
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