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The Cambridge

Grammar
of the English
Language
Rodney Huddleston
Geoffrey K. Pullum
in collaboration with Laurie Bauer
Betty Birner
Ted Briscoe
Peter Collins
David Denison
David Lee
Anita Mittwoch
Geoffrey Nunberg
Frank Palmer
John Payne
Peter Peterson
Lesley Stirling
Gregory Ward

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Huddleston, Rodney D.
The Cambridge grammar of the English language /
Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 0 521 43146 8 (hardback)
1 . English language – Grammar. i. Pullum, Geoffrey K.
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ii. Title.

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Contents
List of contributors vi
Notational conventions x
Tree diagrams xiii
Preface xv...