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Tunes Newspapers ‘tepage out cule or puge vets ea Uk Li for Paes TT Murty Edw Machin Joneph McEwan ar ava PaksAcknowledgements Early versions of these materials were tried out with students in four countries. The ook is in its present form partly as a result of the useful reports and in many cases the very detailed comments received while the work was being developed. I would like to thank the following Brazil Vera Regina A Couto Cultura Inglesa, Rio Rose Haberfeld Rosa Lenzuen Germany Hans Mettke Humboldt University, Berlin Greece Nicholas Begley ‘The Moraitis School, Athens United Kingdom Steve Moore Eurocentre, Lee Green I would also like to thank: ~ Roy Kingsbury for his comprehensive report on the original proposal. ~ my personal assistant, Penelope Parfitt, for her research and editorial work. - my wife, Julia, for reading the entire manuscript, doing all the exercises and making detailed comments Lam especially grateful to my publishers and their representatives for administering and monitoring the development of this project in various locations and for exercising such care and skill to see the work through to publication. Longman English Grammar Series by LG. 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