Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide

by Ronald Carter, Michael McCarthy

A major reference grammar offering comprehensive coverage of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage. The Cambridge Grammar of English is a major reference grammar from the world's leading grammar publisher. Using ground breaking language research, it offers clear explanations of spoken and written English based on real everyday usage. A clear two-part structure makes the book particularly user-friendly. In the first section, A-Z entries give more attention to lexico-grammar and other language areas that tend to be neglected in grammar references. The second section covers traditional grammatical categories such as tense, clause structure and parts of speech.

Genres: Language, Nonfiction, Linguistics

984 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2006

Reviews

[Andromeda · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good book. Compared to most other popular grammars like "Collins Cobuild's English Grammar (Helping Leaners with Real English)", "Oxford Guide to English Grammar" (by John Eastwood), and "A Student's Introduction to English Grammar" (by Rodney Huddleston), this text is accessible and valuable: it contains a lot of useful information.

The chapters on "Complementation" and "Relative Clause" are especially very useful. It could have been even better if only the topics had been properly and neatly arranged. The cross-references are untidy, and often cause a lot of confusion. I had to read the book about two to three times before I began to get an idea of the explanations.

I am going to continue using it as a main text as I bone up on English syntax.

[Sahir D'souza. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, fun, fun grammar! How I ADORE English grammar! Anyone who has a penchant for English, and grammar, especially, should possess this book (I wish I did: it's from my school library). Excellent reference for the student/professor and EXCELLENT browsing material for the lover like me!

[Valentina]

Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide: Spoken and Written English Grammar and Usage With CDROM

[Saichonnanee R · Rating 3 out of 5]

Difficult to find specific topics which I need.

[Danny Housley · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent resource for the grammar researcher. A veritable applied linguistics roller coaster.

[Behrang Bootaki · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's good!

[Gelmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's an interesting book that I learn english more easily

[Mehar]

good one

[Sally890501]

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