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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... verbs are in accordance with the general tendency of Modern English to place an in- significant ( auxiliary ) verb , to which the marks of person and tense are attached , before the really important idea : do you write , does he write ...
... verbs are in accordance with the general tendency of Modern English to place an in- significant ( auxiliary ) verb , to which the marks of person and tense are attached , before the really important idea : do you write , does he write ...
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... Verbs 11.81 . We speak of a verb as transitive if it has an object , and intransitive if it has none . The same verb is very often used both transitively and intransitively , when the meaning of the object is evident from the context ...
... Verbs 11.81 . We speak of a verb as transitive if it has an object , and intransitive if it has none . The same verb is very often used both transitively and intransitively , when the meaning of the object is evident from the context ...
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... verb be , which is hardly ever used by itself ( God alone is = exists | Let me be ! ) , but is most often used with a predicative . It then serves to connect this with the subject as what is technically termed a copula or link - verb ...
... verb be , which is hardly ever used by itself ( God alone is = exists | Let me be ! ) , but is most often used with a predicative . It then serves to connect this with the subject as what is technically termed a copula or link - verb ...
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