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Essential Swedish Grammar (Dover Language Guides Essential Grammar)

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This book is excellent. It goes over every bit of Swedish grammar, with examples. The book is logically arranged for easy reference, with separate sections for nouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions, etc. To the one reviewer who said knowledge of English grammar terms is necessary: no, it isn't. The book has a glossary in the back that explains any linguistic terms used, from the most advanced to ones as simple as "noun".

I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to learn Swedish. Linguophiles will love the presentation, but anyone can appreciate a quick course that presents all you need to know about Swedish grammar in under 100 pages.

This tiny volume has everything you really need to understand Swedish grammar. It covers all the aspects briefly, and in no more complicated terms than a textbook (which are hard to find for Swedish for some reason). There are usage examples, irregular verb tables, and some details on Swedish punctuation. Funny how only one reviewer so far has found the definitions of grammatical terms in the back. As for the 'molecular structure' review, pay that foolishness no mind. If you are looking for a textbook, look elsewhere (and let me know if you find a good one). This is a reference book, and a very good one.

The Essential Swedish Grammar book is quite a compact and useful book. Contains the essential grammars that we need to know for the Swedish language. Good to have one as the reference if u're interested in or studying Swedish language.

This book is useful if you know the English terms for the parts of speech. If you can speak, read, and write in English but can't easily define every part of speech, don't get this book. If you are looking for a book that compares English and Swedish or even gives you DECENT examples--look elsewhere. This book is quick and dirty and only for those who love to diagram sentences.

If you wanted to learn how to bake bread, would you:

a-Go to a world-reknown biochemical expert to get a careful explanation of the molecular structure of wheat and the changes it undergoes when exposed to heat?

or

b-Go to a baker and see how he does it?

This book is committed to the notion that the correct answer is a.

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