This is a reference grammar for teachers and learners of English.
The material in the book is presented alphabetically in a dictionary-like format.
It contains over 600 entries, which are of three kinds:
- common words which have a grammatical function, such as more, the, what, do, by, can;
- terms used in talking about grammar, such as indirect object, pronoun, tag question;
- and language areas not normally included in a grammar, for example, greetings, introductions, punctuations, letter writing.