The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (ISBN 0-521-43146-8) is a book that presents a comprehensive descriptive grammar of English. Its primary authors are Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum. It was published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, in 2002. The work was meant to replace the 1985 Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language.
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