A Functional English GrammarD.C. Heath, 1945 - 326 pages |
Contents
Definition of Terms | 3 |
The Aspect of Number | 13 |
The Aspect of Gender | 24 |
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ablaut accusative action analyze appositive auxiliary better called chapter CLASS DISCUSSION close the door comparative compound sentences connective construction coordinating conjunction counted dative dependent clause Dictionary direct object elements English grammar English verb example exclamatory expressed following sentences form words front-shifted functional shift future perfect gender genitive give grammarians grammatical gender idea Illustrate imperative impersonal impersonal verbs indicate indirect infinitive inflection instance interjection Jane Jespersen John language Look meaning Modern English modifiers nexus nominative nonsentence objective complement Old English omitted past participle past perfect past tense Past-present verb plural predicate adjective predicate noun preposition object prepositional phrase present perfect question reflexive relative pronoun sentence element sequence of tenses SHAKESPEARE speech student subject and complement subjunctive subordinating conjunction substantive suffix superlative syntax tence term thing thought tion tive usage verbid clause voice writing