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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am pleased to announce that the Centre for Corpus
Research at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> has made
available online the book ‘Grammar Patterns 1: Verbs’, originally
published in 1996 by Collins Cobuild and now out of print. It can be found by
going to:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.corpus.bham.ac.uk/publications/index.shtml">http://www.corpus.bham.ac.uk/publications/index.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>and clicking on the relevant title.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The on-line version is taken from the electronic pre-publication
version of the book, so some proofing errors remain. It is not quite as
user-friendly as we could wish, being a version of the book rather than a
dedicated website, but we hope it will meet the needs of the many people who
have told us they want to buy the book but cannot find it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>My thanks to <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Oliver Mason</st1:PersonName>
of the Centre for Corpus Research who did some impressive reverse engineering
to produce this version.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Susan Hunston<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Prof Susan Hunston<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>School</span></font></st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">English</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Drama,
American & Canadian Studies<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Birmingham</span></font></st1:place></st1:City>
B15 2TT<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=NL
style='font-size:12.0pt'>UK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=NL
style='font-size:12.0pt'>+44 (0)121 414 5675<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=NL
style='font-size:12.0pt'>s.e.hunston@bham.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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