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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... sense of stallion . ) 19.32 . The word man requires special mention on account of its ambiguity . It may mean a human being without regard to sex , as in every man and no man ; but in most combinations it will be understood of a male ...
... sense of stallion . ) 19.32 . The word man requires special mention on account of its ambiguity . It may mean a human being without regard to sex , as in every man and no man ; but in most combinations it will be understood of a male ...
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... sense , you haven't got any sense now , and you never will have any sense . " Nor is got inserted in the imperative , in the perfect and the pluperfect : Don't have anything to do with him . I've had no time . I'd had no time . Further ...
... sense , you haven't got any sense now , and you never will have any sense . " Nor is got inserted in the imperative , in the perfect and the pluperfect : Don't have anything to do with him . I've had no time . I'd had no time . Further ...
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... sense , with not belonging logically to the infinitive : He may not be rich , but he is a gentleman ( It is possible that he is not rich ) — may not in the sense of ' is not allowed to ' is comparatively rare , except in questions ...
... sense , with not belonging logically to the infinitive : He may not be rich , but he is a gentleman ( It is possible that he is not rich ) — may not in the sense of ' is not allowed to ' is comparatively rare , except in questions ...
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