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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... preterit and perfect . - Used to . - Preterit for before - past time . The pluperfect . - Infinitive . - Imperative.— Participles . Second participle . - Perfect participle . - Gerund . PAGE 230 CHAPTER XXIV TENSE - Continued Tenses in ...
... preterit and perfect . - Used to . - Preterit for before - past time . The pluperfect . - Infinitive . - Imperative.— Participles . Second participle . - Perfect participle . - Gerund . PAGE 230 CHAPTER XXIV TENSE - Continued Tenses in ...
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... Preterit and Perfect 23.61 . The difference between the Preterit and the Perfect is in English observed more strictly than in the other languages possessing corresponding tenses . The Preterit refers to some time in the past without ...
... Preterit and Perfect 23.61 . The difference between the Preterit and the Perfect is in English observed more strictly than in the other languages possessing corresponding tenses . The Preterit refers to some time in the past without ...
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... Preterit may be required , because a special point of time is implied by the context or by the whole situation . Thus when you ask , " Did you sleep well ? " the implication is in the night just passed . ' Or when a person on arriving ...
... Preterit may be required , because a special point of time is implied by the context or by the whole situation . Thus when you ask , " Did you sleep well ? " the implication is in the night just passed . ' Or when a person on arriving ...
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