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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Otto Jespersen. TENSE CHAPTER XXIII Time and tense . - Past , present and future time with sub- divisions . - Tenses of English verbs . - Present tense . - Forma- tion of preterit . - Tense - pbrases . - Perfect and pluperfect.- Expanded ...
Otto Jespersen. TENSE CHAPTER XXIII Time and tense . - Past , present and future time with sub- divisions . - Tenses of English verbs . - Present tense . - Forma- tion of preterit . - Tense - pbrases . - Perfect and pluperfect.- Expanded ...
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... tenses may be used : As soon as he ( had ) discovered the police , he ran away . With when it is sometimes , but not ... Tenses of the Infinitive 23.8 . In the infinitive we have only two tenses , the present infinitive , ( to ) take ...
... tenses may be used : As soon as he ( had ) discovered the police , he ran away . With when it is sometimes , but not ... Tenses of the Infinitive 23.8 . In the infinitive we have only two tenses , the present infinitive , ( to ) take ...
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... tenses are often changed if the main sentence is ( or would be if it were expressed ) in the past . Typical examples are : " " Direct Speech ' I am glad to see you " " I saw her on Tuesday " " I have not seen her yet " Indirect Speech ...
... tenses are often changed if the main sentence is ( or would be if it were expressed ) in the past . Typical examples are : " " Direct Speech ' I am glad to see you " " I saw her on Tuesday " " I have not seen her yet " Indirect Speech ...
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