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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... speech arrange their thoughts in the same orderly way as when they write , let alone when they are engaged on literary work . Grammatical expressions have been formed in the course of centuries by innumerable generations of illiterate ...
... speech arrange their thoughts in the same orderly way as when they write , let alone when they are engaged on literary work . Grammatical expressions have been formed in the course of centuries by innumerable generations of illiterate ...
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... speech , or to adapt the words according to the circumstances in which they are now quoted : indirect speech . In the latter not only the persons are often shifted ( 15.3 ) , but also the tenses are often changed if the main sentence is ...
... speech , or to adapt the words according to the circumstances in which they are now quoted : indirect speech . In the latter not only the persons are often shifted ( 15.3 ) , but also the tenses are often changed if the main sentence is ...
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... Speech 26.81 . In indirect speech the general tendency is to use the same auxiliary as would have been used in direct speech ; but sometimes the verb is made to conform to the person into which the original subject has been shifted ...
... Speech 26.81 . In indirect speech the general tendency is to use the same auxiliary as would have been used in direct speech ; but sometimes the verb is made to conform to the person into which the original subject has been shifted ...
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