Grammar in Monolingual English Dictionaries - What kind of grammatical aspects/information can be found in monolingual dictionaries and why is it included

Grammar in Monolingual English Dictionaries Introduction Since grammar is a very important and essential part of learning and acquiring a foreign language, grammatical aspects and information can be found in almost every monolingual learner's dictionary. One might argue that it is not necessary to include such points in a publication whose main purpose is to supply the learner with definitions and meanings of words, when there are also own language books specially designed to help …showed first 75 words of 2625 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2625 total…. Hornby, Albert Sydney. Oxford advanced learner's dictionary of current English. 6th Ed., new ed. ed. by Sally Wehmeier. Oxford: Cornelsen & Oxford, 2000. Landau, Sidney I. Dictionaries - The Art and Craft of Lexicography. Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge, 1991. Meriam-Webster Online. 2003 <http://www.m-w.com> Sinclair, John, ed. Collins Cobuild English dictionary for advanced learners. 3rd ed. Glasgow: Harper Collins, 2001. Woodford, Kate. "Re: Grammar in dictionaries." E-mail to Cambridge University Press