Jespersen, Otto

Essentials of english grammar : / Otto Jespersen - London : Routledge, 2002 - 387 p.

introductory;
sounds;
evolution of the sound-system;
spelling;
word classes;
the three ranks;
junction and nexus;
sentence structure;
relations of verb to subject and object;
passive;
predicatives;
case;
person;
definite pronouns;
indefinite pronouns;
pronouns of totality;
gender;
number;
degree;
tense;
will and shall;
would and should;
mood;
affirmation, negation, question;
dependent nexus;
nexus substantives;
the gerund;
the infinitive;
clauses as primaries;
clauses as secondaries;
clauses as tertiaries;
retrospect




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