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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Otto Jespersen. 13.47 . This pre - order of the predicative is particularly natural if it is accompanied by one of the ... natural to him . How came they acquainted ( = How did they become acquainted ) ? She ran wild with joy at the idea ...
Otto Jespersen. 13.47 . This pre - order of the predicative is particularly natural if it is accompanied by one of the ... natural to him . How came they acquainted ( = How did they become acquainted ) ? She ran wild with joy at the idea ...
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... natural plural form than the Misses Brown . 20.55 . Handful is treated as one word ( note the spelling with one ) and has the plural handfuls ; this is quite natural because a person may have three handfuls of peas , though he has only ...
... natural plural form than the Misses Brown . 20.55 . Handful is treated as one word ( note the spelling with one ) and has the plural handfuls ; this is quite natural because a person may have three handfuls of peas , though he has only ...
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... natural auxiliary of the future , because I ( we ) will is so frequently needed to express volition , and because in most cases when one has to speak of the future with regard to oneself , the implication is of some more or less fatal ...
... natural auxiliary of the future , because I ( we ) will is so frequently needed to express volition , and because in most cases when one has to speak of the future with regard to oneself , the implication is of some more or less fatal ...
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