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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... similarly simply , etc .; though we write two l's in usually , actually , etc. , only one is pronounced . The s of the genitive is dispensed with in combinations like for conscience ' sake . An old reduction of two identical sounds to ...
... similarly simply , etc .; though we write two l's in usually , actually , etc. , only one is pronounced . The s of the genitive is dispensed with in combinations like for conscience ' sake . An old reduction of two identical sounds to ...
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... Similarly in A new tooth - brush . A beautiful parish church . A green garden table . His big schoolboy handwriting , etc. In the expression a first - rate second - hand bookshop , second - hand goes with book , but first - rate with ...
... Similarly in A new tooth - brush . A beautiful parish church . A green garden table . His big schoolboy handwriting , etc. In the expression a first - rate second - hand bookshop , second - hand goes with book , but first - rate with ...
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... similarly refer to their pipe or watch as he . In such cases the speaker does not really attribute sex to the thing in question , and the choice of a sexual pronoun is occasioned only by the fact that there is no non - sexual pronoun ...
... similarly refer to their pipe or watch as he . In such cases the speaker does not really attribute sex to the thing in question , and the choice of a sexual pronoun is occasioned only by the fact that there is no non - sexual pronoun ...
Inhalt
CHAPTER I | 15 |
CHAPTER II | 22 |
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUNDSYSTEM | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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adjectives adjunct adverbs auxiliary CHAPTER chiefly colloquial combinations comparative compounds conjunction connexion consonant construction corresponding definite denote Dickens diphthongs distinction English examples expanded tenses express felt French frequent future genitive gerund grammatical hence idea implies indefinite article indicated indirect object infinitive interrogative interrogative word intransitive intransitive verbs Jane Austen kind lady language look main sentence married mass-words meaning mentioned names natural negative never nexus nexus-substantives Note object originally passive perfect phonetic phrases pluperfect plural possessive pronoun possible predicative present tense preterit primary pronouns pronunciation question reference relative clause relative pronoun secondary seen sense set phrases Similarly singular sometimes sound speak speaker speech spelling spoken stress subjunctive substantive superlative syllable tendency tertiary thing third person thou verb voiceless voiceless consonant volition vowel woman word-order words writing