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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... gerund differs from other nexus - substantives . It has a perfect and a passive , also a perfect passive . It can be freely combined with adverbs and other tertiaries . It can take an object ( without of ) and a pre- dicative . It can ...
... gerund differs from other nexus - substantives . It has a perfect and a passive , also a perfect passive . It can be freely combined with adverbs and other tertiaries . It can take an object ( without of ) and a pre- dicative . It can ...
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... gerund it may be remarked that it is sometimes doubtful whether we have a genitive or a common case . In the ordinary plural the common case and the genitive are identical in sound , and the distinction now made in writing between kings ...
... gerund it may be remarked that it is sometimes doubtful whether we have a genitive or a common case . In the ordinary plural the common case and the genitive are identical in sound , and the distinction now made in writing between kings ...
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... gerund 31.3 , Genitival combinations , adjuncts with 9.5 , spelling 21.6 , Gerund 7.6 , tense 23.94 ; 31 , treated like substantive 31.1 , like verb 31.13 , with tertiaries 31.14 , in act- ive and passive sense 31.1 , object 31.2 ...
... gerund 31.3 , Genitival combinations , adjuncts with 9.5 , spelling 21.6 , Gerund 7.6 , tense 23.94 ; 31 , treated like substantive 31.1 , like verb 31.13 , with tertiaries 31.14 , in act- ive and passive sense 31.1 , object 31.2 ...
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