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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... less least ( much , many ) ( far ) more most farther , further farthest , furthest Worse may occasionally be the comparative of such adjectives as dreadful , vile , wretched , wrong , etc. — the essential thing is that it is the ...
... less least ( much , many ) ( far ) more most farther , further farthest , furthest Worse may occasionally be the comparative of such adjectives as dreadful , vile , wretched , wrong , etc. — the essential thing is that it is the ...
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... less than half an hour . The last comer , who turned out to be no less a person than the Prime Minister . Less acute men would have noticed nothing . Littler and littlest may occasionally be found : Where love is great , the littlest ...
... less than half an hour . The last comer , who turned out to be no less a person than the Prime Minister . Less acute men would have noticed nothing . Littler and littlest may occasionally be found : Where love is great , the littlest ...
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... less dangerous ( less good ) than . Obviously I and 3 are closely connected as indicating inequality and requiring than , while 2 requires as , before the second member of comparison . Comparisons with less are not very frequent ; instead ...
... less dangerous ( less good ) than . Obviously I and 3 are closely connected as indicating inequality and requiring than , while 2 requires as , before the second member of comparison . Comparisons with less are not very frequent ; instead ...
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