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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... married in 1910 , speaking in the year 1930 , he will say : ( 1 ) I have been married twenty years ; ( 2 ) In 1920 I had been married ten years ; ( 3 ) In 1940 I shall have been married thirty years . I have got 23.55 . In colloquial ...
... married in 1910 , speaking in the year 1930 , he will say : ( 1 ) I have been married twenty years ; ( 2 ) In 1920 I had been married ten years ; ( 3 ) In 1940 I shall have been married thirty years . I have got 23.55 . In colloquial ...
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... married . ( 2 ) They were married last year . 24.15 . Similar examples of the perfect , pluperfect , and in- finitive : ( 1 ) We have only been married a week . ( 2 ) The murderer has already been executed . ( 1 ) In seventeen years she ...
... married . ( 2 ) They were married last year . 24.15 . Similar examples of the perfect , pluperfect , and in- finitive : ( 1 ) We have only been married a week . ( 2 ) The murderer has already been executed . ( 1 ) In seventeen years she ...
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... married ( or has married ) such an old man " merely states the fact ; " It is strange that she should have married such an old man lays more stress on the strange- ness by using the imaginative should in the clause . " " The judgment ...
... married ( or has married ) such an old man " merely states the fact ; " It is strange that she should have married such an old man lays more stress on the strange- ness by using the imaginative should in the clause . " " The judgment ...
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