Swan, Michael <br/><br/>
Oxford English Grammar Course (Advanced) / 
 English grammar course 
Michael Swan & Catherine Walter. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2011. 
 - xiii, 348 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  27 cm.  + 1 CD-ROM. 
 - Oxford English Grammar Course .
<br/><br/> Book subtitle: A grammar practice book for advanced students of English, with answers.  Book includes index and answer key. 
<br/><br/>"This book teaches modern British English. It deals with the grammar of speech and writing in both formal and informal styles. [...] This book give a great deal of practice - more complete and varied than any similar book. Some exercises simply focus on structure; others make students think, solve problems, express opinions, talk about their experience etc. This is enough to fix the structures and rules in learners' mind and help them towards much more correct language use. But no single practice book can completely bridge the gap between conscious knowledge of a rule and the ability to apply it spontaneously in communication. [...] The Oxford English Grammar Course shows how grammar is used in real-life communication, in authentic or adapted texts from newspapers and magazines, letters, quotations, advertisements and many other sources. [...] The 'Pronunciation for grammar' CD-ROM gives practice on:<br/>  intonation<br/>  word and sentence stress<br/>  linking words together<br/>  unstressed words and syllables<br/>  grammatical endings The exercises focus on hearing as well as speaking: fore many language students, the main problem is not saying things correctly, but hearing exactly what is said. The CD-ROM also offers practice in listening to speakers with different native accents (English, Scottish, US American) and to speakers whose first language is not English." (Introduction, p. vi-viii) CONTENTS Introduction Some useful grammatical terminology List of topics Part 1: word and sentence grammar Part 2: grammar beyond the sentence Appendices Answer key Index LIST OF TOPICS Part 1 word and sentence grammar SECTION 1 basic sentence types Section 2 Be, Have, and Do Section 3 Present and Future Pages SECTION 4 Past and Perfect Tenses SECTION 5 Modal Verbs Section 6 Passives Section 7 Infinitives and -ing Forms Section 8 Various Structures with Verbs Section 9 Nouns and Pronouns Section 10 Determiners (1): Articles, Demonstratives and Possessives Section 11 Determiners (2): Quantifiers Section 12 Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparison Section 13 Prepositions Section 14 Conjunctions, Clauses, and Tenses Section 15 Adjective Section 16 Noun Clauses Section 17 Adverb Clauses PART 2 Grammar Beyond the Sentence<br/>  information structure: what comes first?<br/>  information structure: getting the right subject<br/>  pronoun problems<br/>  linking clauses with conjunctions and adverbs<br/>  special word order: fronting<br/>  special word order: inversion<br/>  emphasis: it.. that<br/>  emphasis: what... is/was<br/>  discourse markers<br/>  reading complicated sentences<br/>  complex noun phrases in writing<br/>  mixed structures<br/>  ellipsis after auxiliaries<br/>  ellipsis with infinitives<br/>  ellipsis with so and not<br/>  ellipsis after and, but and or  ellipsis at the beginning of spoken sentences<br/>  the structure of spoken sentences<br/>  short answers, reply questions and question tags<br/>  three kinds of spoken question<br/>  politeness: using questions<br/>  politeness; being indirect<br/>  emphasis in speech: stress<br/>  repetition<br/>  abbreviated styles<br/>  news headlines 
<br/><br/><br/>System Requirements: Windows: Pentium III, 1 GHz processor, Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, 1 GB RAM, 400 MB free hard disk space, 24x CD-ROM drive, 1024 x768 screen resolution displaying 32-bit colour, sound blaster compatible sound card ; Mac: Power Macintosh Power PC 1 GHz processor (G3 or higher recommended), Mac OS X.5, X.6, 400 MB free hard disk space, 24x CD-ROM drive, 1024 x 768 screen resolution displaying 32-bit colour. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780194312509 (Book) 9780194312592 (CD-ROM) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Grammar.<br/>English language--Grammar--Problems, exercises, etc.<br/>Advanced.<br/>C1-C2 (CEFR).