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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... words .- ( B ) Two words . - Man . - Derived words .- ( C ) One word . - Indication of sex . - Pronouns . - It used of living beings . He or she of lifeless things . Countries . - Abstracts . - Who and which . 19.11 . In nature we find ...
... words .- ( B ) Two words . - Man . - Derived words .- ( C ) One word . - Indication of sex . - Pronouns . - It used of living beings . He or she of lifeless things . Countries . - Abstracts . - Who and which . 19.11 . In nature we find ...
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Otto Jespersen. CHAPTER XXI NUMBER - concluded Thing - words ( countables ) and mass - words ( uncountables ) .— Same word used in both ways . - Plural mass - words . — Vacilla- tion . Individualization . - Collectives . - Special ...
Otto Jespersen. CHAPTER XXI NUMBER - concluded Thing - words ( countables ) and mass - words ( uncountables ) .— Same word used in both ways . - Plural mass - words . — Vacilla- tion . Individualization . - Collectives . - Special ...
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... words therefore may be divided into the two classes of singular mass - words and plural mass - words . To the former class belong all the examples hitherto given ; examples of the second class , mass - words which are plural from a ...
... words therefore may be divided into the two classes of singular mass - words and plural mass - words . To the former class belong all the examples hitherto given ; examples of the second class , mass - words which are plural from a ...
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