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To understand why this specific textbook is so sought after, one must understand the authors. Randolph Quirk and Sidney Greenbaum were two of the most prominent linguists of the 20th century. They were instrumental in the "Survey of English Usage," a monumental project based at University College London that sought to analyze real-world English usage rather than relying on prescriptive rules. university grammar of english by quirk and greenbaum pdf