OXF MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR
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Written by Bas Aarts, one of Britain's leading grammarians, Oxford Modern English Grammar is a brand new and definitive guide to English grammar. This indispensable handbook covers both British and American English, and makes use of authentic spoken and written examples. Packed with tables, diagrams, and numerous example sentences, and assuming no prior knowledge of grammatical concepts on the part of the reader, this volume offers an unmatched guide to the structure of contemporary English. Arranged in three clear parts for ease of use, the Grammar's comprehensive coverage ranges from the very basic--such as word structure, simple and complex phrases, and clause types--to the more sophisticated topics that lie at the intersection of grammar and meaning, including tense and aspect, mood and modality, and information structuring. How do words formed by "compounding" differ from words formed by "conversion"? How many verbs in English can take a declarative clause functioning as direct object (ie, "decide that..." or "believe that...")? What is the relationship between a matrix clause and a subordinate clause? What is the present futurate? The past futurate? The present perfect? How does the grammar of English encode such semantic notions as "possibility," "probability," "necessity," "obligation," "permission," "intention," or "ability"? Aarts answers all these questions, clearly and engagingly, deeply enriching the reader's understanding of the English language. Oxford Modern English Grammar will be invaluable for those with an interest in the English language, undergraduate students of all disciplines, and for anyone who would like a clear guide to English grammar and how to use it.
| Dimensions | 21.59 x 2.79 x 13.97 cm |
| Importer | Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd., 7/22, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi - 110002 INDIA, Email – [email protected], Ph – 011-47320500 |
| Isbn 10 | 0199533199 |
| Isbn 13 | 978-0199533190 |
| Item Weight | 628 g |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 410 pages |
| Publication Date | 22 May 2011 |
| Publisher | Oxford Univ Pr |
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Excellent book
Excellent book to start with
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An excellent book for advanced learners!
A very good book for intermediate and advanced learners of the English language. Beginners shouldn't buy this book for they'll find it to hard to follow. I highly recommend this for advanced learners.
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Book's quality is to the expected standard,in a word marvelous ! Delivery and packing was very fine ,i am impressed!!!
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Disappointing
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Worth reading
Useful for school students
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Very much advanced book
Only buy this book when your basic and intermediate level concepts are clear. Else it's just a waste if money
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its a highly extraordinary book
I highly appreciated about this book.
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Great search functions and explanations.
An excellent electronic copy of this popular Oxford Modern English Dictionary. Great search functions with Amazon's free Kindle app for both Apple and Android smartphones and Ipads. The explanations are great. Worth every penny.
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Buena calidad
Buena calidad y contenido. Cómo es de esperar de Oxford.
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A very good grammar book
I never know English grammar can be dissected so organized and systematical. This book is surely not for a non native English speaker of level far from advance. In the book, very often, it will use just few sentences to explain some very important grammar usage and one also needs to be very careful in understanding the various terminologies used in order to follow the explanations and usage. I believe it will take me many years before I can assimilate most of the materials in the book.
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Awesome!
This book is perfect. Learning grammar isn't funny for foreigners, but this book makes it quite easy to understand the English grammar and helps a lot to feel more secure... It seems to be "complete", which means that the authors didn't forget anything according to the explanations. I don't use the book to learn actively, I use it to look something up whenever I'm not sure how to use a tense or a form... and it works perfectly. I highly recommend it to all of you!
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Ottima
Ottima grammatica di base. In particolare ho apprezzato i capitoli 7 e 8 sulla subordinazione, che passano in rassegna i diversi "complementation patterns for finite and non-finite subordinate clauses". Mi hanno aiutato molto nella corretta scrittura.È del 2011, mi piacerebbe acquistare una nuova edizione ampliata.Devo segnalare un neo: "whether" è indicato come "subordinator" solo per "finite clauses", mentre lo è anche per "non-finite clauses" (v. i patterns relativi a WONDER e ADVISE).Altro punto un po' deludente, quando l'autore per giustificare la classificazione come conjunctive prepositions di parole come after, before, while, ecc. piuttosto che come subordinating conjunctions alla stregua di that, whether, if e for, in ciò discostandosi dalla maggioranza delle grammatiche, rimanda al paragrafo 7.1 che introduce e spiega il concetto di subordinazione. In realtà qua non viene spiegata la sua posizione. Anche se, devo dire, il lettore può intuire da sé che le due classi di particelle congiuntive costituiscono due modi diversi di rapporto tra matrix clause e subordinate clause. Ma certamente le parole autorevoli dell'autore avrebbero confortato il lettore.A parte queste piccole manchevolezze (tali a mio avviso, ci tengo a sottolineare), il manuale è godibile nella sua coerenza, chiarezza e organicità.A chi volesse approfondire le tecniche di analisi linguistica usate dall'autore, suggerisco il suo "English Syntax and Argumentation"; getta luce vivida sulla moderna teoria della sintassi.Due affascinanti capolavori didattici che non dovrebbero mancare sugli scaffali di ogni serio studioso della lingua inglese.
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