American English Official Grammar Reference Book

[Deborah Hoffman]

What is superficial, uninsightful, and obvious to the native speaker may be less so to a non-native seeking an authorative reference to replace the native speaker's intuition or feel. I expect the asker will be the one to determine whether this resource meets his particular needs.
   
  >I did a cursory review of several dozen entries and found them generally 
>superficial and uninsightful, missing obvious points that would be of 
>interest to the reader. Moreover, the purpose seemed more descriptive 
>than prescriptive, and they often took the position that whatever a lot 
>of people did was fine by them, even if a literate reader should know 
>better.

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