Tudor to Augustan English: A Study in Syntax and Style from Caxton to JohnsonDeutsch, 1969 - 242 pagina's |
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Pagina 68
... gerund and absolute participial constructions were introduced into English from French . After Caxton , there was a reduction of double negatives and anacoluthic sentences ; the sequence of tenses began to be more closely observed , and ...
... gerund and absolute participial constructions were introduced into English from French . After Caxton , there was a reduction of double negatives and anacoluthic sentences ; the sequence of tenses began to be more closely observed , and ...
Pagina 80
... Gerunds A gerund may be described as a noun retaining the syntactical character- istics of a verb . It is essentially a hybrid part of speech , sharing functions with the prepositional infinitive and with the present participle , from ...
... Gerunds A gerund may be described as a noun retaining the syntactical character- istics of a verb . It is essentially a hybrid part of speech , sharing functions with the prepositional infinitive and with the present participle , from ...
Pagina 81
... Gerunds were frequently put by the Elizabethans in the active voice , where meaning in modern English demands the passive . Of is not now called for after a gerund , unless the latter is preceded by the definite article . 3. Participles ...
... Gerunds were frequently put by the Elizabethans in the active voice , where meaning in modern English demands the passive . Of is not now called for after a gerund , unless the latter is preceded by the definite article . 3. Participles ...
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Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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