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Based on the insights and discoveries of the ground-breaking Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, this new book brings fresh perspectives to the study of English grammar. The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English is a pedagogical course book for advanced students at university or on teacher-training courses, and an invaluable reference grammar. It combines a comprehensive examination of grammatical structure with information about the -how- -when- and -why- of English as it is really used Salient Features Examines patterns of use in the news, fiction and academic English Takes grammar and vocabulary together and looks at how they interact Is based on the analysis of 40-million words of British and American, written and spoken corpus text Uses over 3000 examples of real, corpus English to illustrate the points Uses frequency tables and graphs to make the new findings of this grammar clear Table Of Contents Introduction: a discourse perspective on grammar Words and word classes Introduction to phrases and clauses Nouns, pronouns, and the simple noun phrase Verbs Variation in the verb phrase: tense, aspect, voice, and model use Adjectives and adverbs Exploring the grammar of the clause Complex noun phrases Verb and adjective complement clauses Adverbials Word order choices The grammar of conversation