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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... reference , ( b ) with reference to something following : ( a ) So far , everything was all right . He got so far , but not further . So much for his ancestors . Now as to his education . He cannot come . So much the better . He looks ...
... reference , ( b ) with reference to something following : ( a ) So far , everything was all right . He got so far , but not further . So much for his ancestors . Now as to his education . He cannot come . So much the better . He looks ...
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... reference to two ( the other hand ; thus also her other arm and every other day ) , but this reference is absent in the other day ( = ' a few days ago ' ) ( : and when other is used with the indefinite article ( written as one word ...
... reference to two ( the other hand ; thus also her other arm and every other day ) , but this reference is absent in the other day ( = ' a few days ago ' ) ( : and when other is used with the indefinite article ( written as one word ...
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... reference to the future , we should expect the imperative to be always in the same tense : we need not specify Come here ! or Take that ! as either present or future imperative . But as a matter of fact we find the perfect imperative ...
... reference to the future , we should expect the imperative to be always in the same tense : we need not specify Come here ! or Take that ! as either present or future imperative . But as a matter of fact we find the perfect imperative ...
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