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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... plural in -im is found in cherubim , seraphim , now usually cherubs , seraphs . The Unchanged Plural 20.41 . Many substantives are unchanged in the plural , either always or in certain employments . Thus some names of animals : sheep ...
... plural in -im is found in cherubim , seraphim , now usually cherubs , seraphs . The Unchanged Plural 20.41 . Many substantives are unchanged in the plural , either always or in certain employments . Thus some names of animals : sheep ...
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... plural mass - words . To the former class belong all the examples hitherto given ; examples of the second class , mass - words which are plural from a formal point of view , are : sweetmeats , weeds ( in a garden ) , embers , dregs ...
... plural mass - words . To the former class belong all the examples hitherto given ; examples of the second class , mass - words which are plural from a formal point of view , are : sweetmeats , weeds ( in a garden ) , embers , dregs ...
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... plural were ; in all other verbs the plural is like the singular : I went , we went . 21.72 . It should be noted that singular and plural in verbs has nothing at all to do with the verbal idea : when we say " birds sing " with the plural ...
... plural were ; in all other verbs the plural is like the singular : I went , we went . 21.72 . It should be noted that singular and plural in verbs has nothing at all to do with the verbal idea : when we say " birds sing " with the plural ...
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