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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... express everything , but even bores find it impossible to express everything . Not only is the writer's art rightly said to consist largely in knowing what to leave in the inkstand , but in the most everyday remarks we suppress a great ...
... express everything , but even bores find it impossible to express everything . Not only is the writer's art rightly said to consist largely in knowing what to leave in the inkstand , but in the most everyday remarks we suppress a great ...
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... express first a volition - coloured future and finally a future time without such colouring . In course of time the meaning of the verb has become weakened , and to express real volition we must now generally use other verbs : mean ...
... express first a volition - coloured future and finally a future time without such colouring . In course of time the meaning of the verb has become weakened , and to express real volition we must now generally use other verbs : mean ...
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... express volition , and because in most cases when one has to speak of the future with regard to oneself , the implication is of some more or less fatal necessity : I shall come of age next year . We shall be forgotten before the end of ...
... express volition , and because in most cases when one has to speak of the future with regard to oneself , the implication is of some more or less fatal necessity : I shall come of age next year . We shall be forgotten before the end of ...
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