Longmans Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook

Douglas Biber is Professor of Applied Linguistics (English Department) at Northern Arizona University.  His books and articles deal with language use in spoken and written discourse.

• invaluable for students on university and teacher-training courses
• checks your knowledge of how English is actually used in speech and writing
• shows how grammar differs in different contexts of registers
• provides practice with relationships between grammar and vocabulary
• all examples taken from naturally occurring English texts and conversations
• comparisons between British English and American English
• spoken and written extracts throughout
• full answer key

The Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook gives advanced students of English the practice and tools needed to analyze everyday language. It is linked by direct cross-references to the Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English - the pedagogical coursebook that examines grammatical structure and the how, when, and why of English as it is really used.