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

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

* 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)

* 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)

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 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)

A clear, comprehensive reference grammar.

A clear, comprehensive reference grammar.