The Grammar Book introduces teachers and future teachers to English grammatical constructions. This highly acclaimed text, used both as a course book and as a grammar reference guide, is suitable for all teachers of English.  What sets it apart from other grammar books is its unique pedagogical focus: It describes not only how each grammatical construction is formed, but also its meaning and its use. Grammar is seen to be a resource for making meaning in textually and socially appropriate ways.

Updated explanations of the form, meaning, and use of grammatical constructions, which draw on new research findings, especially from cognitive linguistics (for meaning) and corpus linguistics (for use)

Contrastive information that alerts teachers to possible cross-linguistic influence and helps teachers to identify the learning challenges of their students

Increased accessibility of the grammatical descriptions to guide teachers to address their students' learning challenges

New applications in the form of teaching suggestions, exercises, and further readings.