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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... of this grammar. 1.i1 . Grammar deals with the structure of languages, English grammar with the structure of English, French grammar with the structure of French, etc. Language consists of words, but the way in which these words are ...
... of this grammar. 1.i1 . Grammar deals with the structure of languages, English grammar with the structure of English, French grammar with the structure of French, etc. Language consists of words, but the way in which these words are ...
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... in the same way under all circumstances and at all moments, hence a good deal of vacillation here and there. The divergencies would certainly be greater if it were not for the fact that the chief purpose of language is to make oneself ...
... in the same way under all circumstances and at all moments, hence a good deal of vacillation here and there. The divergencies would certainly be greater if it were not for the fact that the chief purpose of language is to make oneself ...
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Otto Jespersen. conversation (dialogue), while the written (and printed) word is only a kind of substitute—in many ways a most valuable, but in other respects a poor one —for the spoken and heard word. Many things that have vital importance ...
Otto Jespersen. conversation (dialogue), while the written (and printed) word is only a kind of substitute—in many ways a most valuable, but in other respects a poor one —for the spoken and heard word. Many things that have vital importance ...
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... this type is now so universal that it can be freely applied to all words except the few old irregular words. As soon as a new word comes into existence, no one hesitates about forming a plural in this way: automobiles, kodaks ...
... this type is now so universal that it can be freely applied to all words except the few old irregular words. As soon as a new word comes into existence, no one hesitates about forming a plural in this way: automobiles, kodaks ...
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Otto Jespersen. or in some cases both combined. Not infrequently the explanation will be found in an earlier stage of the same language: what in one period was a regular phenomenon may later become isolated and appear as an irregularity, an ...
Otto Jespersen. or in some cases both combined. Not infrequently the explanation will be found in an earlier stage of the same language: what in one period was a regular phenomenon may later become isolated and appear as an irregularity, an ...
Inhalt
SPELLING | |
THE THREE RANKS | |
JUNCTION AND NEXUS | |
NUMBERconcluded | |
DEGREE | |
TENSE | |
TENSEcontinued | |
WILL AND SHALL | |
WOULD AND SHOULD | |
MOOD | |
DEPENDENT NEXUS | |
SENTENCESTRUCTURE | |
RELATIONS OF VERB TO SUBJECT AND OBJECT | |
PASSIVE | |
CASE | |
PERSON | |
INDEFINITE PRONOUNS | |
PRONOUNS OF TOTALITY | |
NUMBER | |
THE GERUND | |
THE INFINITIVE | |
CLAUSES AS PRIMARIES | |
CLAUSES AS SECONDARIES | |
CLAUSES AS TERTIARIES | |
INDEX | |
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