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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... combinations like aboard on board , afoot = on foot , ashore on shore , and many others where on is no more used : above , around , away , asleep , alive , etc. Thus also with the verbal substantive set the clock a - going , burst out a ...
... combinations like aboard on board , afoot = on foot , ashore on shore , and many others where on is no more used : above , around , away , asleep , alive , etc. Thus also with the verbal substantive set the clock a - going , burst out a ...
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... combination comes after the word they determine . 14.84 . The genitive is chiefly used with the names of human beings ... combinations as a ship's doctor ( carpenter ) must be considered compounds ( cf. statesman , which is written as ...
... combination comes after the word they determine . 14.84 . The genitive is chiefly used with the names of human beings ... combinations as a ship's doctor ( carpenter ) must be considered compounds ( cf. statesman , which is written as ...
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... combinations , e.g. he goes to fetch his hat " and he was led to believe it . " While a trace of this meaning may be said to exist in " ready to go , I wish to go , " it is totally obliter- ated in " I refuse to go and " To see her is ...
... combinations , e.g. he goes to fetch his hat " and he was led to believe it . " While a trace of this meaning may be said to exist in " ready to go , I wish to go , " it is totally obliter- ated in " I refuse to go and " To see her is ...
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