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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... never do it . No , he whispered , I will never do it . You were right , said Smith , and without you we should have made a fearful mess of it . 10.45 . Next , in wishes , the old order V - S is seen in such a fixed formula as : Long ...
... never do it . No , he whispered , I will never do it . You were right , said Smith , and without you we should have made a fearful mess of it . 10.45 . Next , in wishes , the old order V - S is seen in such a fixed formula as : Long ...
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... never ( or with ever and other expressions if implying never ) , the reason seems to be that we are speaking really of the whole class ; it is thus a kind of generic singular : Never was man less suited to lady than this burly lord ...
... never ( or with ever and other expressions if implying never ) , the reason seems to be that we are speaking really of the whole class ; it is thus a kind of generic singular : Never was man less suited to lady than this burly lord ...
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... never properly searched the room . ( Passive ) : I have some suspicion of the room having never been properly searched by the police . 31.14 . We shall now consider the constructions of the gerund more in detail . Tertiaries are freely ...
... never properly searched the room . ( Passive ) : I have some suspicion of the room having never been properly searched by the police . 31.14 . We shall now consider the constructions of the gerund more in detail . Tertiaries are freely ...
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