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. * 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

Based on the insight sand 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. * 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 re