atw: Re: Book wanted
- From: "Stephen Nason" <snason@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:19:38 +1100
Randolph Quirk's 1987 book 'Words at Work: Lectures on Textual Structure is
available for "limited preview" on Google Books.
The book Geoffrey is after, 'A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language',
is also available but only by "snippet view".
And yes, the price of Quirk's grammatical and linguistic works seem to be, how
should I put it, almost beyond comprehension.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Martin
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, 1 December 2008 9:25 AM
Subject: atw: Re: Book wanted
Stephen Nason:
You should know that someone using your name wrote:
> Geoffrey,
>
> Sixteen copies available via online book agency www.abebooks.com. Not
cheap. Prices
> from $US165 plus shipping (various options). Several other titles by the
same author
> also listed.
>
Actually, that's cheap ! These things must be printed on gold leaf, at a
RRP of $375AU on one site.
I think Geoffrey's decided to launch into antiquarian collecting.... :-)
-Peter M
peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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