There are numerous varieties of the English language, and what we ordinarily mean by 'English' is a common core or nucleus which is realized only in the different forms of the language that we actually hear or read.
An edition of A Concise Grammar of Contemporary English
(1973)
A Concise Grammar of Contemporary English
by Randolph Quirk and Sidney Greenbaum
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Table of Contents
Preface
Page v
Symbols and technical conventions
Page x
One.
Varieties of English
Page 1
Two.
Elements of grammar
Page 10
Three.
Verbs and the verb phrase
Page 26
Four.
Nouns, pronouns, and the basic noun phrase
Page 59
Five.
Adjectives and adverbs
Page 114
Six.
Prepositions and propositional phrases
Page 143
Seven.
The simple sentence
Page 166
Eight.
Adjuncts, disjuncts, conjuncts
Page 207
Nine.
Coordination and apposition
Page 251
Ten.
Sentence connection
Page 284
Eleven.
The complex sentence
Page 309
Twelve.
The verb and its complementation
Page 347
Thirteen.
The complex noun phrase
Page 375
Fourteen.
Focus, theme, and emphasis
Page 406
Appendix I.
Word-formation
Page 430
Appendix II.
Stress, rhythm, and intonation
Page 450
Appendix III.
Punctuation
Page 458
Bibliography
Page 462
Index
Page 465
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. [462]-464.
Includes index.
On title spread: "This book is based on A Grammar of Contemporary English by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik, published by Seminar Press, a division of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc."
On credits page: "Published in Great Britain under the title A University Grammar of English".
Reprinted 1975.
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