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. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-3 von 36
Seite 123
... taken good care of . He was taken no notice of , but his sister was made much of . I hate being found fault with . This liberty is found with such set phrases only as those here exemplified . 12.7 . The converted subject of a passive ...
... taken good care of . He was taken no notice of , but his sister was made much of . I hate being found fault with . This liberty is found with such set phrases only as those here exemplified . 12.7 . The converted subject of a passive ...
Seite 253
... taken , ( 2 ) is being taken ( 24.91 ) , ( 3 ) has been taken , ( 4 ) gets taken . 24.13 . As will be readily understood , the pure meaning of a present tense is chiefly found when habitual actions are spoken of , e.g. You can't do that ...
... taken , ( 2 ) is being taken ( 24.91 ) , ( 3 ) has been taken , ( 4 ) gets taken . 24.13 . As will be readily understood , the pure meaning of a present tense is chiefly found when habitual actions are spoken of , e.g. You can't do that ...
Seite 318
... taken in the active sense : John's ( his ) discovery , admiration , love , respect , approbation , etc. But in all those cases in which more interest is taken in the person who is the object of an action than in the person who is the ...
... taken in the active sense : John's ( his ) discovery , admiration , love , respect , approbation , etc. But in all those cases in which more interest is taken in the person who is the object of an action than in the person who is the ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
29 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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