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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... whole combination second- hand bookshop . The man who advertised a " superfluous hair - remover " would have done better to put the hyphen between superfluous and hair . 9.5 . With regard to genitives we notice corresponding pheno- mena ...
... whole combination second- hand bookshop . The man who advertised a " superfluous hair - remover " would have done better to put the hyphen between superfluous and hair . 9.5 . With regard to genitives we notice corresponding pheno- mena ...
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... whole group of words containing a numeral may be treated as a singular meaning a unity of a higher order . The unification may be shown grammatically either by the form of the verb or by an adjunct in the singular , or by both in the ...
... whole group of words containing a numeral may be treated as a singular meaning a unity of a higher order . The unification may be shown grammatically either by the form of the verb or by an adjunct in the singular , or by both in the ...
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... whole clause the subject , etc. , is brought out clearly when we consider those cases in which a clause which is itself the object of a preposition contains a preposition having for its object the relative pronoun : To take a note of ...
... whole clause the subject , etc. , is brought out clearly when we consider those cases in which a clause which is itself the object of a preposition contains a preposition having for its object the relative pronoun : To take a note of ...
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