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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... phrase : told it to us , show them to you . In England one often hears give it me ; Americans nearly always say give ... phrases : Give rise to suspicion , give birth to a son , pay attention ( heed ) to , make love to . There are also a ...
... phrase : told it to us , show them to you . In England one often hears give it me ; Americans nearly always say give ... phrases : Give rise to suspicion , give birth to a son , pay attention ( heed ) to , make love to . There are also a ...
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... phrases consisting of a verb and its object as Lose sight of ; lose heart , patience , courage . Cast ( weigh ) anchor . Keep house . 16.73 . In the third place , in many phrases consisting of two ( or three ) parallel members : From ...
... phrases consisting of a verb and its object as Lose sight of ; lose heart , patience , courage . Cast ( weigh ) anchor . Keep house . 16.73 . In the third place , in many phrases consisting of two ( or three ) parallel members : From ...
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Otto Jespersen. Tense - Phrases 23.31 . Besides the two uncompounded tenses , Present and Preterit , we must recognize two tense - phrases , namely , the Perfect , formed by means of the present tense of the auxiliary have + the second ...
Otto Jespersen. Tense - Phrases 23.31 . Besides the two uncompounded tenses , Present and Preterit , we must recognize two tense - phrases , namely , the Perfect , formed by means of the present tense of the auxiliary have + the second ...
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