Why old English had no prepositional passive

<b>A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles.</b> Part III, Syntax, Second Volume. Pp. ix + 415. By Otto Jespersen. Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitaetsbuchhandlung, 1927.

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The passive of a verb accompanied by a preposition

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Aspects of the history of English group-verbs: with particular attention to the syntax of the Ormulum

David Denison · Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) · 1981 · 43 citations · Full text

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