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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... speaking of the present time we want to speak of the past , the two sentences become ( 3 ) The old beggar took his hat and hobbled along . ( 4 ) The old beggars took their hats and hobbled along . It will be seen that the change of time ...
... speaking of the present time we want to speak of the past , the two sentences become ( 3 ) The old beggar took his hat and hobbled along . ( 4 ) The old beggars took their hats and hobbled along . It will be seen that the change of time ...
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... speak of " extraposition " : For the raine , it raineth every day ( Sh . ) . Charles Dickens , he was a novelist ! He was a great novelist , that Charles Dickens . It is unexampled , I think , that calm creative perspicacity of ...
... speak of " extraposition " : For the raine , it raineth every day ( Sh . ) . Charles Dickens , he was a novelist ! He was a great novelist , that Charles Dickens . It is unexampled , I think , that calm creative perspicacity of ...
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... speaking just now . In about the same way , when we speak of the sixties , we mean the years 60 +61 +62 .. 20.72 . The use of the plural is perfectly logical in combinations like the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , the English and ...
... speaking just now . In about the same way , when we speak of the sixties , we mean the years 60 +61 +62 .. 20.72 . The use of the plural is perfectly logical in combinations like the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , the English and ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
CHAPTER III | 29 |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs amorphous sentences auxiliary barks CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations Compare compounds connexion consonant construction corresponding definite article denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expanded tenses express felt French frequent future genitive gerund grammatical H. W. Fowler idea implies indefinite indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative intransitive Jane Austen John kind lady language look married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note originally participle passive perfect phonetic pluperfect plural possible preceded predicative present tense preterit primary pronouns pronunciation question reference regard relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling spoken stantive stress subjunctive substantive superlative syllable tell tendency tertiary thing third person thou transitive verbs verb voiceless vowel woman word-order words writing