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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... writing , or are imperfectly rendered by such means as underlining ( italicizing ) and punctuation . What is called the life of language consists in oral intercourse with its continual give - and - take between speaker and hearer . It ...
... writing , or are imperfectly rendered by such means as underlining ( italicizing ) and punctuation . What is called the life of language consists in oral intercourse with its continual give - and - take between speaker and hearer . It ...
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... writing , the Expanded Preterit was writing , the Expanded Perfect : have been writing , the Expanded Pluperfect : had been writing . On the use of the expanded forms , see 24.7 . On the use of will and shall to denote future time , see ...
... writing , the Expanded Preterit was writing , the Expanded Perfect : have been writing , the Expanded Pluperfect : had been writing . On the use of the expanded forms , see 24.7 . On the use of will and shall to denote future time , see ...
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... writing ( now ) and he was writing ( when I entered ) in the following diagrams : he is writing ( he has begun writing ) now ( he has not stopped writing ) he was writing ( he had begun writing ) the moment of ( he had not stopped ...
... writing ( now ) and he was writing ( when I entered ) in the following diagrams : he is writing ( he has begun writing ) now ( he has not stopped writing ) he was writing ( he had begun writing ) the moment of ( he had not stopped ...
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