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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... question " Did you finish ? " thus refers to some definite portion of the past , while " Have you finished ? " is a question about the present status and equals " Are you through ? " Note also the difference in a dependent clause : " He ...
... question " Did you finish ? " thus refers to some definite portion of the past , while " Have you finished ? " is a question about the present status and equals " Are you through ? " Note also the difference in a dependent clause : " He ...
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... question , in which sherry or port forms one idea , as when we express surprise at John's drinking such strong wines . The tone varies naturally with the degree of feeling expressed . 28.62 . The word - order characteristic of questions ...
... question , in which sherry or port forms one idea , as when we express surprise at John's drinking such strong wines . The tone varies naturally with the degree of feeling expressed . 28.62 . The word - order characteristic of questions ...
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... questions implying the opposite meaning of the corresponding direct statement have been mentioned in 28.44- A surprise may be expressed in the form of a question , e.g. " What ! are you here ? " which certainly is not said in order to ...
... questions implying the opposite meaning of the corresponding direct statement have been mentioned in 28.44- A surprise may be expressed in the form of a question , e.g. " What ! are you here ? " which certainly is not said in order 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