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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... substantive formed from the verb in the last sense ( he likes a smoke after dinner ) . Gossip was at first a substantive meaning " godfather , " this came to mean an idle talker , " and from this a verb was formed meaning " to talk idly ...
... substantive formed from the verb in the last sense ( he likes a smoke after dinner ) . Gossip was at first a substantive meaning " godfather , " this came to mean an idle talker , " and from this a verb was formed meaning " to talk idly ...
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... substantive remains always a substantive in whatever surround- ings it may be found , and can therefore be marked as such in a dictionary - we now come to another classification which is somewhat similar in nature , but differs from the ...
... substantive remains always a substantive in whatever surround- ings it may be found , and can therefore be marked as such in a dictionary - we now come to another classification which is somewhat similar in nature , but differs from the ...
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... substantive meaning a delicacy , but now it is freely used as an adjective , from which are formed daintier , daintiest , daintily and daintiness . " 8.56 . In other cases the result of the isolation of a substantive used as a secondary ...
... substantive meaning a delicacy , but now it is freely used as an adjective , from which are formed daintier , daintiest , daintily and daintiness . " 8.56 . In other cases the result of the isolation of a substantive used as a secondary ...
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