A Practical Chinese Grammar

A Practical Chinese Grammar was written as a supplement to Practical Chinese Reader volume I and II. If you are using that series you want to get this grammar. The PCR provides brief technical grammatical descriptions with a few examples, but A Practical Chinese Grammar deals with the same topics in a much clear fashion. The grammatical descriptions are much more detailed and rely less on technical terminology. It also provides a lot more examples and explains them better. I didn't get this book until I got to chapter 34 of the Practical Chinese Reader, but I wish I had gotten it at the start.