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Could someone please point me in the direction of a descriptive, or even comprehensive, grammar that deals adequately with "tails"?
Examples:
he's a real friend is jack
it's miles away, Bangkok is
I'm going to tell him what I think of him I am
Anonymous“a descriptive, or even comprehensive, grammar ”
There is no descriptive or comprehensive grammar. According to my calculations, it won't ever exist. I once thought it could exist though.
Kooyeen“Anonymous“a descriptive, or even comprehensive, grammar ” There is no descriptive or comprehensive grammar. According to my calculations, it won't ever exist. I once thought it could exist though. ”
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How about this one?
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/linguistics/cgel/
Anonymous“How about this one? http://www.cambridge.org/uk/linguistics/cgel/”
That might be descriptive or comprehensive for you, but maybe not for others. It seems far too complicated to me, by the way.
Anonymous“Kooyeen“Anonymous“a descriptive, or even comprehensive, grammar ” There is no descriptive or comprehensive grammar. According to my calculations, it won't ever exist. I once thought it could exist though. ” How about this one? http://www.cambridge.org/uk/linguistics/cgel/ ”
Only a very trusting fellow would take the CGEL's descriptivist protestations seriously. It's a very big Fowler with asterisks in place of fulminations.
MrP