Revised version of a paper presented to the Canadian Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 1972; research partially supported by the Canada Council. (DD)

This textbook of Modern English combines a diachronic and synchronic approach to present a study of English syntax. The book attaches great importance to precise definitions of the various parts of speech and of their grammatical function, and provides a large number of idiomatic examples to illustrate rules and uses. Historical background is…

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