It's been more than a decade since I had to buy this book for a graduate syntax class. I had already read all three of Andrew Radford's Cambridge books on the subject, so this was a real let down. In fact, the instructor of the class noted how there were, in 1994, more used copies than new ones of this relatively new, at the time, book: "as if no one's keeping it for a reference." She changed to a different text the next time she taught the course.I have spent the intervening years teaching myself, and this book still wins the award for the worst linguistics book I've ever owned. SRVAUTP means Same Relative Value As Used Toilet Paper (post-anal application). [Amazon wouldn't let me post without rating at least one star; if the system had black holes instead, I would've given it five.]