Essential of English grammar
by Otto Jespersen
- London Routledge 2007
- 387p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Introductory -- Sounds -- Evolution of the sound-system -- Evolution of the sound-system - continued -- Evolution of the sound-system - concluded -- Spelling -- Word-class -- The three rank -- Junction and nexus -- Sentence-structure -- Relation of verb to subject and object -- Passive -- Predicatives -- Case -- Person -- Definite pronouns -- Indefinite pronouns -- Pronouns of totally -- Gender --Number -- Number - concluded -- Degree -- Tense -- Tense - concluded -- Will and shall -- Would and should -- Mood -- Affirmation, negation, question -- Dependent Nexus -- Nexus-substantives -- The ground -- The infinitive -- Clauses as primaries -- Clauses as secondaries -- Clauses as tertiaries -- Retrospect