Over 350 tables and graphs show the frequency of constructions in different contexts, from conversation to fiction to academic prose

Entirely corpus-based with 6000 authentic examples from the 40 million-word Longman Spoken and Written English Corpus

Suggests the reasons why we choose a particular structure in a particular context

Compares British and American spoken and written English

Areas covered include basic grammar: description and distribution, keyword classes and their phrases and complex structures. Each area is subdivided into more detailed content.