A Concise English Grammar for Foreign Students [antikvár]

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION In this new édition the text has been completely reset and a few minor corrections have been made. The chief criticism that readers made of the earlier édition was that there were too few exercises. In the present édition the number of pages has been increased from 128 to 160 and the whole of this extra space has been devoted to exercises. A Key1 to the exercises is now available. My thanks are due to Mr. H. W. Acomb for most valu-able assistance in the préparation of the additional exercises and the Key. PREFACE In this book an attempt has been made to give concisely ail the essentials of English grammar, and though it is hoped that the English student, too, may profit from its pages, the main purpose in the wnter's mind has been to approach the subject from the standpoint of the foreign student learning English. For that reason those parts of grammar, e.g. the préposition, in which foreign students find many difficulties, have been given considerably fuller treatment than is usuai in a book for English students only. It will be found, too, that the mistakes in the sentences given on pages 113 to 118 for correction, are ones that English students would not generally make; but ail the sentences there were actually written in exercises and com- 1 A Concise English Grammar for Foreign Students. Key (with Notes and Explanations) to the Exercises (Longmans). vii