Cambridge Grammar of English Paperback with CD-ROM: A Comprehensive Guide New Edition

Excellent book and material for ESL Learners.

Cambridge Grammar of English is essential for those people who want really to improve their capacity of communication in English. It is amazing because many doubts I used to have concerning an effective application of language, it has been clarified.It explains in a comfortable and easy way with good examples to enrich my understanding. I consider it as being "The Bible" of English Language.In a nutshell, it is not a book but an useful Manual of English Language.

I'm am ESL teacher, so this review is legit, solid.A student recommended this to me, ironically. It covers all the important parts of grammar plus the parts famous grammar books don't. Example: not just the difference between ' should and must' but a section on Hedging and Academic language.Get The Book

loved the text, very simple and rich in examples. I think it's a complete book for intermediate students.Dr. André Amaral Ribeiro, DDSBrasil

Most comprehensive English grammar I've found & accessible by non-academics. Can be used for/by ESL or native English speakers.But I almost gave it 4 stars because the index is horrible.

i knew what I was looking for, as per my teacher I am very happy with the book. I just love the way it is organize. as for the seller: excellent service: fast and nicely protected against damagethank youKasia

The book itself is absolutely recommended for beginners as well as advanced learners of english, as it is clear, effctive, user friendly and reliable. The CD is very useful as you have the full book and every example (real english from Cambridge international corpus) pronounced with very clear pronunciation in it. The main feature is the well balanced mix of guidelines (grammar rules) and real life examples of use. I bought two more books, very different from Cambridge, to complete my reference collection: "Biber,Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English" and "Quirk, A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language". The first one is good but only for very specialistic purpouses and I don't recommend it to any studend (neither advanced). The second one is a must-have book for everybody who wants to build a strong and structured knowledge of english grammar (of course only as a reference and not handbook, unless you are really motivated to spend a large amount of time in studying, the good old way of studying, I mean). My only disappoint about "Cambridge Grammar of english" is that some topics explainations are not fully reliable if compared with the other books above.

The book is very nice. I liked it a lot. I received it after 35 days (International Shipping). No problem. The packaging is not so good. The book had some damages in the corners. The damages was not big ones, but the packaging needs to improve.Thank you.