A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles

Download or read book A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles written by Otto Jespersen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Morphology the first thing to be considered is the form, and second to that comes the use made of it, in Syntax the order is exactly the reverse, but it is essential that in both parts of the grammar form and use should be mentioned in every case. Volume 6 looks at English Morphology including subjects such as personal endings in verbs, tense formation in verbs, the naked word, compounds, change of vowels, suffixes, and the endings s, st and n, to name a few.