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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... stand really outside the sentence as an afterthought ( in " extra- position , " 9.65 ) . Clear examples of extraposition are : There he sat , a giant among dwarfs . ( This may even be written : There he sat . A giant among dwarfs ...
... stand really outside the sentence as an afterthought ( in " extra- position , " 9.65 ) . Clear examples of extraposition are : There he sat , a giant among dwarfs . ( This may even be written : There he sat . A giant among dwarfs ...
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... stand phonetic- ally for older atte , from at the ) . By way of answer . In fact ; take the matter in hand ; in course of time ; in case he comes . He looked out of window . On account of ; what on earth ; set on edge ; make his hair stand ...
... stand phonetic- ally for older atte , from at the ) . By way of answer . In fact ; take the matter in hand ; in course of time ; in case he comes . He looked out of window . On account of ; what on earth ; set on edge ; make his hair stand ...
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... Stand is often used in judicial expressions like stand condemned and stand rebuked . IMAGINATIVE USE OF TENSES The Preterit of Imagination 24.21 . This term is here used for the preterit found in sentences like : I wish I had money ...
... Stand is often used in judicial expressions like stand condemned and stand rebuked . IMAGINATIVE USE OF TENSES The Preterit of Imagination 24.21 . This term is here used for the preterit found in sentences like : I wish I had money ...
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