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In An A-Z of English Grammar and Usage, Geoffrey Leech provides teachers and learners of English with a unique reference grammar.
Grammar is presented alphabetically in a dictionary-like format. It is thus made truly accessible, even to people unfamiliar with grammatical terminology.
Over 600 entries are included. These are of three kinds:
- common words which have a grammatical function, e.g. more, the, what, do, by, to, unless, cari.
- terms used in talking about grammar, meaning and usage, e.g. indirect object, pronoun, tag question.
- language areas not normally found in a grammar, such as greetings, introductions, punctuation, letter writing.
Throughout, entries are systematically cross-referenced. For instance, the entry for the contains an explanation of the uses of the, together with cross-references to a/an and articles.
Explanations are expressed simply and clearly. They are illustrated by many examples and entertaining drawings, and by tables, boxes and...
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Fülszöveg
In An A-Z of English Grammar and Usage, Geoffrey Leech provides teachers and learners of English with a unique reference grammar.
Grammar is presented alphabetically in a dictionary-like format. It is thus made truly accessible, even to people unfamiliar with grammatical terminology.
Over 600 entries are included. These are of three kinds:
- common words which have a grammatical function, e.g. more, the, what, do, by, to, unless, cari.
- terms used in talking about grammar, meaning and usage, e.g. indirect object, pronoun, tag question.
- language areas not normally found in a grammar, such as greetings, introductions, punctuation, letter writing.
Throughout, entries are systematically cross-referenced. For instance, the entry for the contains an explanation of the uses of the, together with cross-references to a/an and articles.
Explanations are expressed simply and clearly. They are illustrated by many examples and entertaining drawings, and by tables, boxes and diagrams.
Entries include notes on style, intonation, and British and American usage whenever appropriate.
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