Essentials of English GrammarRoutledge, 24.05.2013 - 800 Seiten This book was first published in 1933, Essentials of English Grammar is a valuable contribution to the field of English Language and Linguistics. |
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... examples before the rules, and, if he is not articularly interested in phonetics, to skip until he has finished the rest of the book. I may be allowed here to repeat what I wrote in 1909 in the first volume of my bigger Grammar : “ It ...
... examples before the rules, and, if he is not articularly interested in phonetics, to skip until he has finished the rest of the book. I may be allowed here to repeat what I wrote in 1909 in the first volume of my bigger Grammar : “ It ...
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... examples only. To form the plural—~that is, the exPression of more than one—we have old formulas in the case of men, feet, oxen and a few other words, which are used so often in the plural that they are committed to memory at a very ...
... examples only. To form the plural—~that is, the exPression of more than one—we have old formulas in the case of men, feet, oxen and a few other words, which are used so often in the plural that they are committed to memory at a very ...
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... examples. It has been endeavoured to give everywhere examples that are at once natural, characteristic, and as varied as possible. Many have been taken from eVeryday educated speech, while others have been chosen from the writings of ...
... examples. It has been endeavoured to give everywhere examples that are at once natural, characteristic, and as varied as possible. Many have been taken from eVeryday educated speech, while others have been chosen from the writings of ...
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... Examples of these vowels: [i'] see, seed, seat [si', si'd, si't]. [i] hid, hit, silly [hid, hit, sili]. [e] led, let [led, let]. [a] bear, air [baa so]. [as] had, hat Breed, hzet]. [9'] fir, fur, heard, hurt [fa', hard, hat]. [9] ...
... Examples of these vowels: [i'] see, seed, seat [si', si'd, si't]. [i] hid, hit, silly [hid, hit, sili]. [e] led, let [led, let]. [a] bear, air [baa so]. [as] had, hat Breed, hzet]. [9'] fir, fur, heard, hurt [fa', hard, hat]. [9] ...
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... examples just given, but it may be preceded by a weak prefix, as in believe, arise, indeed, forgive. 3.32. In all old compounds the first element is stressed as being the distinctive part of the word: statesman, postman, holiday ...
... examples just given, but it may be preceded by a weak prefix, as in believe, arise, indeed, forgive. 3.32. In all old compounds the first element is stressed as being the distinctive part of the word: statesman, postman, holiday ...
Inhalt
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CHAPTER V EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEMconcluded | 50 |
CHAPTER VI SPELLING | 61 |
CHAPTER VII PAGE WORDCLASSES | 66 |
CHAPTER VIII THE THREE RANKS | 78 |
CHAPTER XX NUMBER | 197 |
CHAPTER XXI NUMBERconcluded | 206 |
CHAPTER XXII DEGREE | 219 |
CHAPTER XXIII TENSE | 230 |
CHAPTER XXIV TENSEcontinued | 252 |
CHAPTER XXV WILL AND SHALL | 271 |
CHAPTER XXVI WOULD AND SHOULD | 282 |
CHAPTER XXVII PAGE MOOD | 293 |
CHAPTER IX JUNCTION AND NEXUS | 91 |
CHAPTER X SENTENCESTRUCTURE | 97 |
CHAPTER XI RELATIONS OF VERB TO SUBJECT AND OBJECT | 107 |
CHAPTER XII PASSIVE | 120 |
CHAPTER XIII PAGE PREDICATIVES | 124 |
CHAPTER XIV CASE | 132 |
CHAPTER XV PERSON | 147 |
CHAPTER XVI DEFINITE PRONOUNS | 152 |
CHAPTER XVII INDEFINITE PRONOUNS | 174 |
CHAPTER XVIII PAGE PRONOUNS OF TOTALITY | 184 |
CHAPTER XIX GENDER | 188 |
CHAPTER XXVIII AFFIRMATION NEGATION QUESTION | 296 |
CHAPTER XXIX DEPENDENT NEXUS | 309 |
CHAPTER XXX NEXUSSUBSTANTIVES | 316 |
CHAPTER XXXI THE GERUND | 320 |
CHAPTER XXXII THE INFINITIVE | 329 |
CHAPTER XXXIII CLAUSES AS PRIMARIES | 349 |
CHAPTER XXXIV CLAUSES AS SECONDARIES | 357 |
CHAPTER XXXV CLAUSES AS TERTIARIES | 369 |
CHAPTER XXXVI RETROSPECT | 374 |
INDEX | 379 |
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