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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... genitive singular and after s in the genitive plural : Singular common case man child genitive Plural man's common case men genitive Cf. number 20.2 . thief boy lady child's thief's boy's lady's children thieves boys ladies men's ...
... genitive singular and after s in the genitive plural : Singular common case man child genitive Plural man's common case men genitive Cf. number 20.2 . thief boy lady child's thief's boy's lady's children thieves boys ladies men's ...
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... Genitive plurals are , however , frequent in such more or less set phrases as may be considered compounds , e.g. school- boys ' clothes , girls ' friendships , a lovers ' quarrel , and in expressions of measures , etc. ( 14.8 ) . On the ...
... Genitive plurals are , however , frequent in such more or less set phrases as may be considered compounds , e.g. school- boys ' clothes , girls ' friendships , a lovers ' quarrel , and in expressions of measures , etc. ( 14.8 ) . On the ...
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... genitive followed by time : an hour's time ; I'll be back in three weeks ' time , etc. Genitives as Primaries 14.91 . The proper sphere of a genitive is that of an adjunct ( a secondary ) . But a genitive may also stand as a primary ...
... genitive followed by time : an hour's time ; I'll be back in three weeks ' time , etc. Genitives as Primaries 14.91 . The proper sphere of a genitive is that of an adjunct ( a secondary ) . But a genitive may also stand as a primary ...
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