has been thoroughly revised and updated, but retains the key points of the previous edition: alerting readers to the close ties between grammatical form, meaning and communicative function - providing learners with good tools for improving their English - summing up main points and giving practical advice through “Points to remember” - introducing students to grammatical terminology so that they can make use of grammar information from dictionaries and other sources - introducing the basic clause structure of English - comparing English with Norwegian in order to address specific learner problems and increase the students’ language awareness - presenting ways of creating coherent texts that are adapted to context and purpose - creating a foundation for further study of English language and linguistics - providing exercises focusing on practical as well as analytical skills. The book has an accompanying website with a key to the exercises as well as corpus-related exercises for each chapter. Magne Dypedahl is Associate Professor of English at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Hilde Hasselgård is Professor of English Language at the University of Oslo.