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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... words taken over from that language , but also when writing native English words . Our present - day spelling cannot , therefore , be fully understood without some knowledge of the history of French . 6.2 . The letters ch were used in ...
... words taken over from that language , but also when writing native English words . Our present - day spelling cannot , therefore , be fully understood without some knowledge of the history of French . 6.2 . The letters ch were used in ...
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... words .- ( B ) Two words . - Man . - Derived words .- ( C ) One word . - Indication of sex . - Pronouns . - It used of living beings . - He or she of lifeless things . Countries . - Abstracts . - Who and which . 19.11 . In nature we ...
... words .- ( B ) Two words . - Man . - Derived words .- ( C ) One word . - Indication of sex . - Pronouns . - It used of living beings . - He or she of lifeless things . Countries . - Abstracts . - Who and which . 19.11 . In nature we ...
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... words therefore may be divided into the two classes of singular mass - words and plural mass - words . To the former class belong all the examples hitherto given ; examples of the second class , mass - words which are plural from a ...
... words therefore may be divided into the two classes of singular mass - words and plural mass - words . To the former class belong all the examples hitherto given ; examples of the second class , mass - words which are plural from a ...
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