Greenbaum, Sidney, <br/><br/>
A student's grammar of the English language 
/ Sidney Greenbaum and  Randolph Quirk 
 - Harlow :   Longman,   c1990. 
 - 490 pages :   ill. ;   24 cm. 
<br/><br/> <br/>"Basically a shortened version of A comprehensive grammar of the English language (1985) ... adapted to the needs of students ... [with] use of research that has been published since [1985]"--Preface 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography (p. 446 - 484) and index 
<br/><br/><br/>The English language<br/>A general framework<br/>Verbs and auxiliaries<br/>The semantics of the verb phrase<br/>Nouns and determiners<br/>Pronouns<br/>Adjectives and verbs<br/>The semantics and grammar of adverbials<br/>Prepositions and prepositional phrases<br/>The simple sentence<br/>Sentence types and discourse functions<br/>Pro-forms and ellipsis<br/>Coordination<br/>The complex sentence<br/>Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses<br/>Complementation of verbs and adjectives<br/>The noun phrase<br/>Theme, focus, and information processing<br/>From sentence to text 
<br/><br/> A shortened version of "A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language" especially aimed at students of grammar in colleges and universities, drawing on linguistic research and including coverage of the differences between written and spoken English and between British and American English 
<br/><br/><br/>eng 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780582059719  TZS 9,920/= 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language grammar
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>425 GRE