I don't think Azar was ever meant for a native-speaking audience. I am 
sufficiently antique that I remember when they first came out (mid to 
late seventies?) because I was teaching ESL then, and they were quite 
directly targeted to the ESL audience.  The blue book was the first.

Kathleen Ward


On Sep 4, 2006, at 5:39 PM, MCJ wrote:

> Johanna Rubba wrote:
>
>> I loved using the Azar grammars when I taught ESL, and there is 
>> another one that is very good, but I don't remember the author.
>
> Raymond Murphy, perhaps. English Grammar in Use. I was under the 
> impression that Azar's books had originally been written for native 
> speakers.
>
> Omar
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