Grammar of Spoken and Written English The completely redesigned Grammar of Spoken and Written English is a comprehensive corpus-based reference grammar. GSWE describes the structural characteristics of grammatical constructions in English, as do other reference grammars. But GSWE is unique in that it gives equal attention to describing the patterns of language use for each gram...(展开全部)

* Over 350 tables and graphs show the frequency of constructions in different contexts, from conversation to fiction to academic prose * Entirely corpus-based with 6000 authentic examples from the 40 million-word Longman Spoken and Written English Corpus * Suggests the reasons why we choose a particular structure in a particular context * Compares British and American spoken an...(展开全部)

赵元任（1892.11.3—1982.2.24），汉族，字宣仲，又字宜重，原籍江苏武进（今常州）。清朝著名诗人赵翼后人。现代著名学者、语言学家、音乐家。 赵元任先后任教于美国康乃尔大学、哈佛大学、中国清华大学、中央研究院史语所、美国夏威夷大学、耶鲁大学、哈佛大学、密歇根大学，1947-1963年任教于加州大学伯克利分校并在伯克利退休。赵元任先后获美国普林斯顿大学（1946）、加州大学（1962）、俄亥俄州立大学（1970）荣誉博士学位，加州大学“教授研究讲师”（1967），北京大学荣誉教授（1981）。 赵元任是中国现代语言学先驱，被誉为“中国现代语言学之父”，同时也是中国现代音乐学之先驱，“中国科学社”的创始人之一。其语言学代表作有《现代吴语的研究》《中国话的文法》《国语留声片课本》等，音乐方面的代表作有《教我如何不想她》《海韵》《厦门大学校歌》等...(展开全部)

This new edition of the Collins COBUILD English Grammar provides teachers and advanced learners with a detailed and thorough analysis of modern English grammar. Based on the evidence of the Bank of English corpus, part of the 2.5 billion-word Collins Word Web, it is an invaluable guide to the language as it is written and spoken today. The new second edition of the Collins COBU...(展开全部)

This indispensable guide provides explanations and examples for all the important areas of grammar.

Who or Whom?/ Its or It's / Lie or Lay? Can't remember those grueling grammar lessons from junior high? Troubled that your professional writing lacks polish? Stop worrying! You've just picked up the painless prescription for proper English! Acclaimed grammarians Mark Lester and Larry Beason know that English teachers aren't the only ones who expect careful and correct language ...(展开全部)

This book was first published in 1933.

This guide is based on a study of referees' reports and letters from journal editors on the reasons why papers written by non-native researchers are rejected due to problems with English usage, style and grammar. It draws on English-related errors from around 5000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts by PhD students, and over 1000 hours of teaching researchers ho...(展开全部)

An indispensable store of information on the English language, written by some of the best-known grammarians in the world.