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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... look upon him as a fool . We consider him a fool . I make it a rule to examine everything for myself . She had been rapidly growing into a tall , handsome girl . I felt myself suddenly raised from a boy to a man . No article is used in ...
... look upon him as a fool . We consider him a fool . I make it a rule to examine everything for myself . She had been rapidly growing into a tall , handsome girl . I felt myself suddenly raised from a boy to a man . No article is used in ...
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... look . This leads to the same word - order where there is no attraction to the verb : At quite a reasonable price - by the side of at a quite reasonable price . = At rather an early period at a rather early period . With rather a ...
... look . This leads to the same word - order where there is no attraction to the verb : At quite a reasonable price - by the side of at a quite reasonable price . = At rather an early period at a rather early period . With rather a ...
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... look at that letter ? Will you come for a walk this afternoon ? Will you pass the mustard , please ? Thus frequently after an imperative : Stop that noise , will you ? 25.35 . In conditional clauses will is used to express volition in ...
... look at that letter ? Will you come for a walk this afternoon ? Will you pass the mustard , please ? Thus frequently after an imperative : Stop that noise , will you ? 25.35 . In conditional clauses will is used to express volition in ...
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