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This major new reference offers the general reader, student, and professional clear and immediate A-Z access to 1,000 grammatical terms and their meanings. All currently accepted terms are included, as well as traditional terms, more controversial newer terms, and terms belonging to linguistics. Each term is accompanied by a concise definition and detailed explanations, including examples of language in use and frequent quotations from existing texts.

About the Editors: Edmund Weiner is co-editor of the OED, Second Edition, and author (with Andrew Delahunty) of the Oxford Guide to English Usage. Sylvia Chalker is the author of Current English Grammar, and a contributor to the Oxford Companion to the English Language.

Introduction
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Dictionary
List of Words Cited
List of Figures
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar

The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar

0198613148

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