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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... present tense . - Present time . - Past time . - Future time . Auxiliaries of the perfect and pluperfect . — Old and modern use of be . Inclusive time . — I have got . - Use of the preterit and perfect . Used to . - Preterit for before ...
... present tense . - Present time . - Past time . - Future time . Auxiliaries of the perfect and pluperfect . — Old and modern use of be . Inclusive time . — I have got . - Use of the preterit and perfect . Used to . - Preterit for before ...
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Otto Jespersen. Tense - Phrases 23.31 . Besides the two uncompounded tenses , Present and Preterit , we must recognize two tense - phrases , namely , the Perfect , formed by means of the present tense of the auxiliary have + the second ...
Otto Jespersen. Tense - Phrases 23.31 . Besides the two uncompounded tenses , Present and Preterit , we must recognize two tense - phrases , namely , the Perfect , formed by means of the present tense of the auxiliary have + the second ...
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... present moment , while the Perfect is a retrospective present , which connects a past occurrence with the present time , either as continued up to the present moment ( inclusive time , 23.54 ) or as having results or consequences ...
... present moment , while the Perfect is a retrospective present , which connects a past occurrence with the present time , either as continued up to the present moment ( inclusive time , 23.54 ) or as having results or consequences ...
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