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