This comprehensive and up-to-date descriptive grammar is a complete course for first degree
and postgraduate students of English, especially those whose native language is not English.
It is also used as a reference book providing the linguistic basis for courses and projects
on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies.
Grammatical usage is illustrated with authentic texts from a wide range of sources, both
spoken and written.

This new edition has been thoroughly rewritten and redesigned with many new texts and examples
of language in use.

Key features include:

* Chapters divided into modules of class-length materials
* A wide variety of authentic texts and transcriptions to illustrate points of grammar and to
contextualise structure
* Clear chapter and module summaries enabling efficient class preparation and student revision
* Exercises and topics for individuals

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