... TheGrammarofEnglishGrammarsTheGrammarofEnglishGrammars Project Gutenberg's TheGrammarofEnglish Grammars, by Gould Brown This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere ... SEPARATELY TO THE FOUR PARTS OFGRAMMARBYGOOLD BROWN, AUTHOR OFTHE INSTITUTES OFENGLISH GRAMMAR, THE FIRST LINES OFENGLISH GRAMMAR, ETC "So let great authors have their due, that Time, who is the ... TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY MATTERS Preface to theGrammarofEnglishGrammars This Table of Contents Catalogue ofEnglishGrammars and Grammarians INTRODUCTION Chapter I Ofthe Science of Grammar...
... TO THE FOUR PARTS OFGRAMMARBYGOOLD BROWN, AUTHOR OFTHE INSTITUTES OFENGLISH GRAMMAR, THE FIRST LINES OFENGLISH GRAMMAR, ETC THE GRAMMAROFENGLISH GRAMMARS, "So let great authors have their ... MASS., 1851 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY MATTERS Preface to theGrammarofEnglishGrammars This Table of Contents Catalogue ofEnglishGrammars and Grammarians THEGRAMMAROFENGLISH GRAMMARS, INTRODUCTION ... Division ofthe Subject PART I ORTHOGRAPHY * Chapter I Of Letters I Names ofthe Letters 13 THEGRAMMAROFENGLISH GRAMMARS, II Classes ofthe Letters III Powers ofthe Letters IV Forms ofthe Letters...
... Relative Clauses 159 noun the man Just as the man is the subject ofthe man sings Wagner, so is the man the subject ofthe man is their friend So the main clause’s the man and the relative clause’s ... generalization, the following rule of thumb does a fairly good job of getting at the heart of prenominal attributive adjective syntax: The more intrinsic the adjective is to the nature ofthe noun, the closer ... friend In (96), the main clause is The man is their friend and the relative clause is the man sings Wagner By combining the main clause and the relative clause we get the whole sentence: The man who...
... is the possessor), in (39) the policies are “possessed by (i.e., belong to) the store (the possessor), and in (40) the legs are possessed bythe horses just as the negligence is possessed bythe ... pitch (the tone—relative highness/lowness of a sound due to the frequency of vibration the number of times the object vibrates per unit of time); volume (the loudness of a sound due to the forcefulness ... that end in the letter s Then ask yourself: Is the s at the end of this word the morpheme /z/, or is it not? Example of how to proceed: X (1) always: The s at the end of always is not the morpheme...
... use their classroom eye contact and its effects Then questionnaires are employed to investigate the reality ofthe use of classroom eye contact in English teaching Scope ofthe study The scope of ... objectives ofthe study, the questions for both teachers and students are divided into two main groups to investigate the reality of using the technique by teachers ofEnglish and the awareness of students ... table that 50% ofthe teachers ofEnglish at Dong Thap University observed have many of their students follow their instructions as at the same time they maintain an eye contact The others have nearly...
... object) by adding a dummy subject it to the front ofthe sentence and then placing the subject clause at the end ofthe compound subordinate sentence form the physical shape of a word itself the ... in the nature of its constituent elements standard spoken EnglishEnglish as spoken bythe most prestigious speakers ofthe speech community standard written EnglishEnglish as written bythe ... modern Englishbythe presence of morpheme /z/ in the 3.sg present tense conjugated verb form indirect object the second recipient ofthe action of a transitive verb infinitive the tenseless form of...
... subject; the dummy subject then appears at the beginning ofthe sentence, separated from the rest ofthe sentence Extrapositional means that the it is extra (beyond) the position (part ofthe sentence) ... The big bad wolf couldn’t blow the house down because ofthe hurricane → Because ofthe hurricane, the big bad wolf couldn’t blow the house down The six coordinating conjunctions are and/(either)or/(neither)nor ... illustrated bythe following tree (fig 8d) Observe that the notation “Edgar-1” appears twice We use it to point out that the Edgar ofthe main clause is the selfsame Edgar as the Edgar ofthe subordinate...
... among them the weather, the temperature, the climate, and the environment Thus it is not too much of a stretch ofthe imagination to substitute one of these “weather” coreferentials—in this case the ... [the man] says he’s beyond the law The second of these is a relative clause The bracket-marked gap that appears at the beginning ofthe second clause is home to the subject of that clause; therefore, ... types of pronoun clauses involve the creation of a gap In each instance, the gap is created at the start ofthe phrase by deleting (1) the relative pronoun itself, and (2) the tense-marked form of...
... me the new bike ofthe boy Pete stepped on the tail ofthe cat ( The Tail ofthe Cat” sounds like the name of a quaint bar or restaurant.) The favorite food ofthe cop is donuts The budget ofthe ... around The queen lost it in the attic ofthe castle’s 10 The sword ofthe bodyguard ofthe queen was impaled on the suit of armor ofthe mysterious and utterly fascinating black knight of song ... *Husband washes the dishes b Husbands wash the dishes while wives dry them c The husband washes the dishes and the wife takes out the garbage d The husbands wash the dishes and the wives dry them e A...
... The cat is eaten bythe dog The cat was eaten bythe dog The cat will be eaten bythe dog The cat would be eaten bythe dog Present Past Future Conditional Perfect The cat has been eaten bythe ... being eaten bythe dog ?The cat had been being eaten bythe dog ?The cat will have been being eaten bythe dog ?The cat would have been being eaten bythe dog The apparent problem with the six examples ... consists ofthe appropriate tense/person/number-bearing form ofthe nonmodal auxiliary BE plus the past participle ofthe LV (here seen) None ofthe other complements of (61) or (62) are of any...
... verb There is yet another way that English can emphasize the action ofthe verb: by avoiding a contraction and then peak stressing one ofthe two noncontracted elements the verb form itself or the ... form ofthe nonmodal auxiliary verb to the emphatic structure and then stressing that form, thereby emphasizing the action ofthe verb Here is an example: Unemphatic [a plain statement of fact]: ... CONTRACTIONS Many ofthe nonmodal auxiliaries also form contractions in a variety of verb tenses They so by attaching their contracted forms to the end of nouns and pronouns whether personal, possessive,...
... progressive The three words are these: a conjugated form ofthe nonmodal auxiliary have been (the past participle of BE) the present participle ofthe particular LV Here are some examples of these ... Verbs: The Nonmodal Auxiliaries (Do, Be, Have) and the Modal Auxiliaries THE SIMPLE TENSES In a simple tense, the verb phrase consists of just one word the conjugated verb form (cvf) ofthe LV If the ... aux will speak to them soon base form of LV speak The construction that we call (for the sake of convenience) the conditional tense consists ofthe modal auxiliary would plus the LV’s base form,...
... is the possessor), in (39) the policies are “possessed by (i.e., belong to) the store (the possessor), and in (40) the legs are possessed bythe horses just as the negligence is possessed bythe ... pitch (the tone—relative highness/lowness of a sound due to the frequency of vibration the number of times the object vibrates per unit of time); volume (the loudness of a sound due to the forcefulness ... that end in the letter s Then ask yourself: Is the s at the end of this word the morpheme /z/, or is it not? Example of how to proceed: X (1) always: The s at the end of always is not the morpheme...
... Analyzing theGrammarofEnglish (which we abbreviate AGE) is an analysis ofthegrammarof a particular language (English) and not an introduction to linguistics whose examples end up coming from English ... which ofthe underlined words are verbs (If you are not sure, try to conjugate them by putting them in other tenses, persons, or numbers.) Example of how to proceed: X They waved at the wave in the ... to impose conscious rules of language usage on the unanalyzed language they already spoke proficiently To so, they were often told to change the way they spoke, and they were told that to avoid...
... Neither could the birds; or the fish swim; or you walk As the power ofthe engine increases, the greater the momentum ofthe airplane and the greater the resistance necessary to support it The ... as the beasts ofthe field, the birds ofthe air and the fish ofthe sea are bountifully supplied For any man, no matter what his station in life, to take the stand that it is the destiny of ... Master To The Reader The following pages are the result of a series of notes collected and set down in the form of a story and a system of practice, which accounts for the style of arrangement The...
... and other health care professionals choose to describe cough sounds, whether they appreciate the basic sound qualities of coughs and whether they can identify diagnosis from cough We hypothesised ... wheeze (wheezy) The choice of cough descriptors could then be compared to the acoustic analysis ofthe cough sounds (Tables and 2.) and the proportion of responses correctly identifying the presence ... combine at shorter distances taken together the patterns of descriptors chosen reflect an appreciation ofthe underlying qualities ofthe cough sounds rather than the underlying patient diagnosis That...
... the page / of + N 24 at the end ofthe road at the corner ofthe street in the corner ofthe room at the front / at the back of a building, hall, group of people In the front / the back of a car ... on the left, on the right in Oxford Street/ in the street on the way (enroute) In the corner (of the room) On the corner (of two streets) In a piece of paper on page In the front/ back (of the ... in (the ocean) on (the beach) in (the desert) in (the mountains) at (the post office) on (MK Street) on / at (the corner) in (the street) on (the island) in (the west) at (the top of) on (the...
... Meaning categories expressed by verb forms Tense Introduction The formation ofthe present tense The formation ofthe past tense The formation ofthe other tenses The meanings of tenses: expressing ... expresses that the theft was committed before the confession The time ofthe confession is thus the orientation time to which the time ofthe theft is represented as anterior bythe past perfect ... exclusively bythe operator would, which is the past tense form of will.) 1.15 The formation ofthe present tense The forms ofthe present tense of all verbs except be and have are homophonous with the...
... Topics in English Linguistics 60-1 Editors Bernd Kortmann Elizabeth Closs Traugott Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York TheGrammaroftheEnglish Verb Phrase Volume 1: TheGrammaroftheEnglish ... Introduction Towards a theory of tense and time The absolute use ofthe present tense The absolute past tense The absolute use ofthe present perfect The present perfect vs the preterite in clauses ... acid -free paper which falls within the guidelines ofthe ANSI to ensure permanence and durability Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Declerck, Renaat Thegrammarofthe English...
... Meaning categories expressed by verb forms Tense Introduction The formation ofthe present tense The formation ofthe past tense The formation ofthe other tenses The meanings of tenses: expressing ... overview of tense and two other areas of meaning that can be expressed bythe use of verb forms in English and that interact with tense: the system of grammatical aspect and the system of mood ... subsequent volumes dealing with theEnglish verb phrase (The definitions ofthe terms and concepts used in the book are brought together in an extensive glossary at the end ofthe book.) Part I (ϭ sections...