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The Longman Student's Grammar of Spoken and Written English (Grammar Practice) (Paperback)

by Prof Douglas Biber (Author), Dr Susan Conrad (Author), Geoffrey Leech (Author)
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  • Paperback: 487 pages
  • Publisher: Longman; illustrated edition edition (21 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0582237262
  • ISBN-13: 978-0582237261
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Examines patterns of use in the news, fiction and academic English
  • Takes grammar and vocabulary together and looks at how they interact
  • Is based on the analysis of 40-million words of British and American, written and spoken corpus text
  • Uses over 3000 examples of real, corpus English to illustrate the points
  • Uses frequency tables and graphs to make the new findings of this grammar clear


About the Author

Douglas Biber is Professor of Applied Linguistics (English Department) at Northern Arizona University.  His books and articles deal with language use in spoken and written discourse.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Five star approach to real grammar, 17 Jul 2008
By Mr. C. Napier-Kristiansson "Avengers-fan" (Scotland/Luxembourg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English: Workbook (Grammar Practice) (Paperback)
This book really is a gem given its size and the amount of grammar it covers. It is invaluable for answering all of the difficult questions TESOL teachers may face, e.g. phrasal verbs, modality and compound nouns etc. It also explains why written and spoken grammars are so different, and should be treated as so. All of the examples used are from a corpus of real language. I have used it both in my undergraduate and now post-graduate work. It is simply the best.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The nitty-gritty of English usage, 1 Aug 2008
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An invaluable reference book if you want to get right down to the real nitty-gritty of grammatical usage. Detailed and extensive, descriptive rather than prescriptive, and corpus-based, this is a grammar for the C21st.


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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Longman Student Grammar - Could Be Longer, 2 Feb 2009
This review is from: The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English: Workbook (Grammar Practice) (Paperback)
Very useful revision book for students and professionals who need to understand how the English language works. There are answers included so you can check your progress. My only criticism would be that the book is quite slim - I did not feel that I had properly consolidated a topic before moving onto the next one. More please. This book offers practical exercises as a companion book to The Longman Student's Grammar of Spoken and Written English (Grammar Practice). It is recommended for advance study by the Open University for a level 3 course E303 'English Grammar in Context'. This course provides you with a really good CD-Rom with extensive practical exercises. Perhaps Longman's could consider offering such a CD-Rom as an additional learning aid. I found this hyper link to a grammar DVD but I have not seen it. English Grammar: Sentence Structure [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC). Also these CD-Roms might be useful English Grammar In Use with Answers and CD ROM Klett Edition: A Self-study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English,Macmillan English Grammar in Context Intermediate with Key and CD-ROM Pack,Advanced Grammar in Use With CD ROM.
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