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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... seen me . He saw me after I had seen him . He did not see me till I had seen him . In clauses beginning with after we have already seen ( 23.69 ) that the simple preterit often means the same thing as the pluperfect . The latter must ...
... seen me . He saw me after I had seen him . He did not see me till I had seen him . In clauses beginning with after we have already seen ( 23.69 ) that the simple preterit often means the same thing as the pluperfect . The latter must ...
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... seen her . I should have liked to have seen her . The imaginative perfect infinitive is frequent after had better : You had better have stayed with us . 24.53 . An imaginative perfect infinitive is also seen in sentences like : A Jew ...
... seen her . I should have liked to have seen her . The imaginative perfect infinitive is frequent after had better : You had better have stayed with us . 24.53 . An imaginative perfect infinitive is also seen in sentences like : A Jew ...
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Otto Jespersen. In the street , umbrellas were the only things to be seen ( = that could be seen ) . 32.2 . Combinations with about and to - infinitive can be used in this way as adjuncts : No one could have had the slightest foreboding ...
Otto Jespersen. In the street , umbrellas were the only things to be seen ( = that could be seen ) . 32.2 . Combinations with about and to - infinitive can be used in this way as adjuncts : No one could have had the slightest foreboding ...
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