grammar reference

[ShirleyLing]

What are some other heavy duty English grammar/usage references besides:

a) The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
b) The Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language

?

[5jj]

How far back in time do you want to go? Apart from Quirk et al and Hudleston and Pullum the heaviest (I don’t know about duty) grammars on my shelves are:

Biber, Douglas; Johansson, Stig; Leech, Geoffrey; Conrad, Susan and Finegan, Edward (1999) Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, Harlow: Longman

Carter, Ronald & McCarthy, Michael (2006) Cambridge Grammar of English, Cambridge: CUP

Celce-Murcia, Marianne and Larsen-Freeman, Diane (1999)The Grammar Book , 2nd edn,,Cambridge, Mass.: Newbury House

Jespersen, Otto (1909-1949), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles, Copenhagen: Levin & Munksgaard, and London: George Allen & Unwin

Kruisinga, E (1909-1932 ). A Handbook of Present-Day English, Groningen: Noordhoff

Poutsma, H (1904-29) A Grammar of Late Modern English; Groningen: PNoordhof

Sweet, Henry(1891-8) A New English Grammar, Oxford: Clarendon Press