title: The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar (Oxford Quick Reference)
author:  Bas Aarts 
description: Review from previous edition: "grammar as the total system of the language ... well defined and well illustrated with quotations from grammarians ancient and modern." <br /> <br />--TLS
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  **The American Heritage® Book of English Usage.**  
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  **A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English 1996**  
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  1\. **Grammar**  
    
    
  Traditional Rules, Word Order, Agreement, and Case  
  THIS chapter treats traditional problems of grammar and problems involving
  word order, grammatical agreement, parts of speech, conjunctions, pronouns,
  and verbs. Problems that are inherent to individual words or entail a choice
  between words are generally treated under _Word Choice_. If you cannot find
  the word or subject you are looking for, check the indexes at the end of the
  book.  
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    1. _absolute constructions_
    2.  _absolute terms_
    3.  _adjectives_
    4.  _adverbs, comparison of_
    5.  _adverbs, position of_
    6.  _agreement_
    7.  _ain’t_
    8.  _also_
    9.  _and_
    10.  _any_
    11.  _anyone_
    12.  _as_
    13.  _as far as_
    14.  _auxiliary and primary verbs_
    15.  _because_
    16.  _better / be