Susan Reed and Bert Cappelle have offered me substantial assistance in writing this book. I want to thank them specially. I also wish to thank the various people who have contributed to the writing of the book by commenting on an earlier draft of one or more chapters. | The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase Volume 1 The Grammar of the English Tense System w DE Topics in English Linguistics 60-1 Editors Bernd Kortmann Elizabeth Closs Traugott Mouton de Gruyter Berlin New York The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase Volume 1 The Grammar of the English Tense System A Comprehensive Analysis by Renaat Declerck in collaboration with Susan Reed and Bert Cappelle Mouton de Gruyter Berlin New .