In my reading of this forum’s threads to learn English, I encountered several times “Quirk.” I googled “Quirk” and I found Randolph Quirk. He had collaborated in writing “A Students Grammar of the English Language” and “A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language.” Which book should I choose to learn English considering that I would like to work intensively on my English and also that I’m not exactly a spring chicken? I already possess a few grammar books but I am looking for one that will put the emphasis on grammar structure and grammar rules in a very structured and detailed (like an algorithm for a robot). Would like to receive advices before ordering it (available only through ordering in my city). Thank you. P.S.: I had someone proofread this question.  Canada (Chinese-Vietnamese, once upon a time ) Full Member 152Of the two, I'd recommend A Student's Grammar of the Eh Language, Greenbaum & Quirk-- it's a shorter, revised version of their Comprehensive Grammar (with Leech and Svartvik). However, you may find even the shorter one difficult reading. Which grammar books do you have already? Thank you for answering my question, Dunham, Henrietta C., & Vaden Summers, Catherine (1986). English Integrated An Advanced Reader/Grammar for Learners of English. Greenbaum, Sydney (1994). An Introduction to English Grammar. Norton, S., & Green, B.,& Waldman, N (2002). The Bare Essentials Plus. Collins Cobuild (2003). English Grammar. As you can observe from the publication years, I tried to learn English 10 years ago. I am giving another try. Canada (Chinese-Vietnamese, once upon a time ) Full Member 152Hi SF, I don't know the Dunham or the Norton books. Greenbaum should be a pretty good resource for you, as should the 'state-of-the-art' Collins Cobuild (though I shamefacedly admit that I have not yet taken a look at their grammar book; their dictionary is often useful) A couple of others that you might take a look at are Thomson & Martinet's A Practical English Grammar, which is the book I grab first and is a very popular reference, and R.A. Close's A Reference Grammar for Students of English which, while published some time ago, sometimes answers questions for me that others don't. I hope you are near an English language bookstore and can browse some of the available books before you buy. | |
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