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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... possible to ask " Who was offered a reward ? as well as What was offered ? Hence we may say that in A reward was offered the butler " a reward is the subject of was offered , but in the equally possible turn The butler was offered a ...
... possible to ask " Who was offered a reward ? as well as What was offered ? Hence we may say that in A reward was offered the butler " a reward is the subject of was offered , but in the equally possible turn The butler was offered a ...
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... possible success . They meant us no harm . The delay caused us a good deal of trouble . Will you do me a great favour ? Verbs of communication : He told us the most fantastic stories . He always wanted to read me his latest poems . In ...
... possible success . They meant us no harm . The delay caused us a good deal of trouble . Will you do me a great favour ? Verbs of communication : He told us the most fantastic stories . He always wanted to read me his latest poems . In ...
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... possible , so as to leave no doubt in the mind of the hearer as to the purport of what is said ; the other is to attract the negative to the verb of the sentence . The former tendency is seen in the frequency of negative prefixes , e.g. ...
... possible , so as to leave no doubt in the mind of the hearer as to the purport of what is said ; the other is to attract the negative to the verb of the sentence . The former tendency is seen in the frequency of negative prefixes , e.g. ...
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