- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Routledge (2 Jan 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415098467
- ISBN-13: 978-0415098465
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.6 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Announcing an innovative practical reference grammar, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. This is the ideal reference grammar for intermediate and advanced learners at advanced secondary level and above.
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I looked at a lot of grammar books - including books published in Spain - before buying this book. This is by a long way the most accessible I have seen (although I must admit I haven't I haven't compared it to the Butt/Benjamin New Reference Grammar).
The book has two parts - the first is a concise traditional-style reference grammar. This is well-organised and clear. It is intended to be a reference grammar but the authors go out of their way to explain grammatical concepts in accessible terms: for example the opening chapter is a glossary that explains things like what an adjective is, what an auxiliary verb is etc. the explanations are clear and accompanied by lots of examples. It certainly doesn't assume that you have a GCSE.
The second part (which takes up over half of the book) is organised around specific activities and tasks eg 'asking and giving opinions', 'expressing agreement and disagreement', expressing desires and preferences'. Again clear explanations and lots of examples.
It is a reference grammar. It is intended to be consulted as needed. If you want to learn Spanish grammar then there are other books such as the 'Uso de la gramatica espagnol' series or the 'Paso a paso' series - and their English-language equivalents. I'm very pleased with my purchase - I think it will prove to be a great investment and I expect to be using it for a long time to come.
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This is a first class reference of modern grammar and usage. The first part contains a detailed summary of the grammar with copious examples of usage. The second part provides an enormous number of examples of current usage with shades of meaning clarified by contrasting examples. There is detailed reference to points where Latin American usage differs from Peninsular Spanish and even where usage varies across different regions of Latin America or indeed different parts of Spain. The cross referencing is excellently conceived. Having lived in Spain for 26 years and as a novice teacher of the language to English people in our area, I have found this a wonderful work of reference which has tidied up a number of my own inaccuracies!
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This is one of the best spanish grammars out there. Subjects are covered well without getting into all those hateful and useless details.
I would advice getting this together with a book such as Spanish among amigos and/or Spanish in your face, since this book doesn't cover Slang.
I wouldn't recommend this book to people who's native language is very close to Spanish, though (Italian, Portuguese) as you would probably find the book pretty boring. In this case, I think the books about idioms and slang would be the (only) one(s) needed.
I would advice getting this together with a book such as Spanish among amigos and/or Spanish in your face, since this book doesn't cover Slang.
I wouldn't recommend this book to people who's native language is very close to Spanish, though (Italian, Portuguese) as you would probably find the book pretty boring. In this case, I think the books about idioms and slang would be the (only) one(s) needed.
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A good buy.
I found this book very helpful in that it gives plenty of examples of where and when different grammatical structures should be used. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2009 by Mr. Robert C. Macmillan
Disappointing in use
The first 150 pages are a Spanish grammar . The other 275 pages are instructions about when to use selected phrases . Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2008 by Christopher J. James
Please more for Latin America
Publicity on this grammar highlights that differences are explained between Peninsular Spanish and Latin American varieties, but these explanations are skimpy and unclear. Read more
Published on 24 May 2005
Please more for Latin America
Publicity on this grammar highlights that differences are explained between Peninsular Spanish and Latin American varieties, but these explanations are skimpy and unclear. Read more
Published on 24 May 2005
Good explanations, but expects too much from it's viewers
This is a very good book and has the potential too be excellent, but for the fact that it assumes you have already a very good understanding of the Spanish language. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2000
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