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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... question the combination ( nexus ) of a subject and a predicate . We may therefore continue with the negative counterpart : " Did he say that , or did he ... questions of the second kind we have 304 [ 28.5 AFFIRMATION , NEGATION , QUESTION.
... question the combination ( nexus ) of a subject and a predicate . We may therefore continue with the negative counterpart : " Did he say that , or did he ... questions of the second kind we have 304 [ 28.5 AFFIRMATION , NEGATION , QUESTION.
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... question , in which sherry or port forms one idea , as when we express surprise at John's drinking such strong wines . The tone varies naturally with the degree of feeling expressed . 28.62 . The word - order characteristic of questions ...
... question , in which sherry or port forms one idea , as when we express surprise at John's drinking such strong wines . The tone varies naturally with the degree of feeling expressed . 28.62 . The word - order characteristic of questions ...
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... question is often not really meant as such . How do you do ? " is generally a greeting that does not require an answer ( 1.2 ) . Rhetorical questions implying the opposite meaning of the corresponding direct statement have been ...
... question is often not really meant as such . How do you do ? " is generally a greeting that does not require an answer ( 1.2 ) . Rhetorical questions implying the opposite meaning of the corresponding direct statement have been ...
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