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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... things of various orders , like days , hours , miles , words , sonatas , events , crimes , mistakes , ideas , plans , etc. Let us use the term thing - words ' for all such words , using the word thing in its widest application . But a ...
... things of various orders , like days , hours , miles , words , sonatas , events , crimes , mistakes , ideas , plans , etc. Let us use the term thing - words ' for all such words , using the word thing in its widest application . But a ...
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... thing - word ) ; yet we may say " I've had two breads , " meaning two portions of bread ' ; cp . two whiskies . Verse is a thing - word when we say some of his verses are not harmonious , " but may also be used as a mass - word : “ a ...
... thing - word ) ; yet we may say " I've had two breads , " meaning two portions of bread ' ; cp . two whiskies . Verse is a thing - word when we say some of his verses are not harmonious , " but may also be used as a mass - word : “ a ...
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... thing - words , but this is not always possible , and as it is often desirable to single out things consisting of some mass , this must then be done by means of such expressions as a lump of sugar , a piece of wood . Furniture is a mass ...
... thing - words , but this is not always possible , and as it is often desirable to single out things consisting of some mass , this must then be done by means of such expressions as a lump of sugar , a piece of wood . Furniture is a mass ...
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