' I have no hesitation in according The Cambridge Grammar a place of honour in my library, and I do so with enthusiasm. The Cambridge Grammar reflects the care and insight of a team of linguists who have collectively devoted several lifetimes to the investigation of English and have uncovered a number of phenomena that had quite simply never occurred to me as a native speaker of the language, and I suspect to many other linguist speakers and users of English as well. The Cambridge Grammar is meticulous in its analysis of the grammar of English, alwasy presenting detailed argumentation for particular analytical choices and providing a terminology that reflects the relevant analysis.'
- Bernard Comrie, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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