A Concise Grammar of Contemporary English
By: [by] Randolph Quirk / University of London [and] Sidney Greenbaum / University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Contributors: Greenbaum, Sidney, joint author.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1973
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: English language -- Grammar
Notes: Bibliography: p. [462]-464.

Includes index.

On title spread: "This book is based on *A Grammar of Contemporary English* by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik, published by Seminar Press, a division of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc."

On credits page: "Published in Great Britain under the title *A University Grammar of English*".

Reprinted 1975.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: v; title: Symbols and technical conventions
pagenum: x; label: One
title: Varieties of English
pagenum: 1; label: Two
title: Elements of grammar
pagenum: 10; label: Three
title: Verbs and the verb phrase
pagenum: 26; label: Four
title: Nouns, pronouns, and the basic noun phrase
pagenum: 59; label: Five
title: Adjectives and adverbs
pagenum: 114; label: Six
title: Prepositions and propositional phrases
pagenum: 143; label: Seven
title: The simple sentence
pagenum: 166; label: Eight
title: Adjuncts, disjuncts, conjuncts
pagenum: 207; label: Nine
title: Coordination and apposition
pagenum: 251; label: Ten
title: Sentence connection
pagenum: 284; label: Eleven
title: The complex sentence
pagenum: 309; label: Twelve
title: The verb and its complementation
pagenum: 347; label: Thirteen
title: The complex noun phrase
pagenum: 375; label: Fourteen
title: Focus, theme, and emphasis
pagenum: 406; label: Appendix I
title: Word-formation
pagenum: 430; label: Appendix II
title: Stress, rhythm, and intonation
pagenum: 450; label: Appendix III
title: Punctuation
pagenum: 458; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 462; title: Index
pagenum: 465