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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a textbook for learning Latin grammar and how to translate English into Latin (and thus how to write in Latin). It is for advanced students only. A beginner or lower level student would be lost at the first page. The book is very thorough, covering lots of grammar topics. It works by teaching a grammar topic then setting exercises using the grammar translating from English to Latin. There is an answer key freely available online which has all the answers. This makes it possible to use for self-study. The book includes an English to Latin dictionary of the words it uses in its' exercises at the back of the book which is very helpful. I think it is a good textbook for Latin writing and grammar. My grammar and writing are improving well by using it. Its' strength is that it is very thorough. However this does make it slow. Also the explanations, like in a lot of Latin textbooks, are short so need repeated reading to really be absorbed. It does have revision exercises at regular intervals which allow you to check if you have absorbed the language, which is good.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This book teaches Latin well!
18 Dec 2010
Format:Paperback
I had a great experience with this book but I also was led through it by a very learned Jesuit who would have me do a set of exercises and then correct my mistakes. This book gave me a great foundation for the grammar. Had I not done this book my subsequent experiences in Latin would not have been so successful.
This, however, is not a self-learning textbook. No key exists (and even if it did, it would not be complete).
This, however, is not a self-learning textbook. No key exists (and even if it did, it would not be complete).
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
This book hurts my eyes.
21 Oct 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is a bad photographic copy of an earlier edition. The text is blurred. Superscript numbers (for footnotes) are completely unreadible. The only way to tell which footnote goes with which superscript is by counting them! Shame on Bristol Classical Press for publishing such an assault on the eyeballs.
As for the contents of the book--you need to be an advanced student of Latin to get much out of (a decent edition of) this book. There are too many rules and too few examples for beginners.
As for the contents of the book--you need to be an advanced student of Latin to get much out of (a decent edition of) this book. There are too many rules and too few examples for beginners.
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