A shorter, revised edition of the acclaimed A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language

• While retaining the structure of that book, it focuses on students who require depth of treatment and clear presentation with detailed exemplification.
• Draws on the most recent research, including new findings in semantics, pragmatics, and text linguistics as well as grammar.
• Discourse features are dealt with throughout, as well as being the theme of one major chapter: "From Sentence to Text".
• Differentiates between written and spoken, formal and informal, and Bri ...