An Introduction to English Syntax

Most of the part, the flow of this introduction can get very confusing. Perhaps that's why this book's chapters are not taught in order in my class. One of the things that gets in the way of understanding the explanations is that there is no glossary chapter. You can rarely just highlight the few important bits in each chapter since you need to read through the entire chapter to get a sense of what it tries to say. Nonetheless, going through those difficulties is worth it in the end. I could get a grasp of syntax in general (the title is a misnomer, I think, since there are lots of explanations taken from languages other than English).

I still have to reread this book, though.