... definitions, so we have many English grammars (or grammar books),
which vary in their coverage and their accuracy. The largest English dictionary
is the scholarly twenty-volume OxfordEnglish Dictionary, ... (1.7-10)
Standard English 14
Variation In standard English 15
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.9
1.10
The spread of English in second-
language countries 8
English pidgins and
English as an international
language 12
Correct English ... 16
Good English 17
Chapter 2
The Scope and Nature of
Grammar
Summary
What is grammar? (2.1-3)
2.1 Types of grammar books 23 2.3 Theories of grammar 25
2.2 Descriptive and prescriptive
grammar...
... kindergarten.
32/1
Coordination
1.1
Coordination
Coordination
= can be referred to by some grammarians as syndetic
(with the presence of coordinators) and asyndetic
(with the absence...
... matter how hard he tried, he could
never summon enough courage to tell her
the truth.
Indicate a free choice from among any
number of conditions
Subordinators
Subordinators
3
3/1
Subordinating...
... Ernest Gowers, Oxford, 1965)
NEB The New English Bible (Oxford and Cambridge, 1970)
ODWE The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (Oxford, 1981)
OED The OxfordEnglish Dictionary (Oxford, 1933) ... Concise Oxford Dictionary (edn. 7, Oxford, 1982)
Hart's Rules.
Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers (edn. 39, Oxford, 1983)
MEU H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ... Joysprick)
English usage is a subject as wide as the English language itself. By far
the greater part of usage, however, raises no controversies and poses no
problems for native speakers of English, ...
... Locke’s A University
Course in English Grammar, which broke new ground by offering to advanced students
of English a comprehensive course, based on Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar.
It went ... production in which even advanced foreign learners of English
are often rather weak.
Second, the account of Englishgrammar offers benefits from the recognition
that discourse is not a static ... of the work, which still bears his name and has been retitled as English
Grammar: A University Course. The new version of the grammar embodies three themes
evident in Angela Downing’s research...