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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... Wish , intend , cause , etc. I wish the government all possible success . They meant us no harm . The delay caused us a good deal of trouble . Will you do me a great favour ? Verbs of communication : He told us the most fantastic ...
... Wish , intend , cause , etc. I wish the government all possible success . They meant us no harm . The delay caused us a good deal of trouble . Will you do me a great favour ? Verbs of communication : He told us the most fantastic ...
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... wishes I were black ; I wish I was ( Marryat ) . I wish it wasn't Sunday to - day . You speak as if there wasn't enough for all of us . Macaulay , who generally uses the form were , writes with stress on was : It was not impossible that ...
... wishes I were black ; I wish I was ( Marryat ) . I wish it wasn't Sunday to - day . You speak as if there wasn't enough for all of us . Macaulay , who generally uses the form were , writes with stress on was : It was not impossible that ...
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... wish he had not seen us ( implying that he has seen , or saw , If I had only known ! ( but I did not know ) . If it had not been for Jack , I should have died there and then . Any ordinary person who had ventured to insult me in that ...
... wish he had not seen us ( implying that he has seen , or saw , If I had only known ! ( but I did not know ) . If it had not been for Jack , I should have died there and then . Any ordinary person who had ventured to insult me in that ...
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