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An English Language grammar for french speakers !, July 11, 2007
This review is from: La Grammaire Anglais De l'Etudiant (French Edition) (Paperback)
The preface states : this grammar is adressed to University students and students of Grandes Ecoles or equivalent to Ivy League University students in North America from the beginning of their studies up to exams and competitions of all levels.
Goals of this textbook :help the student assimilate and utilize the structures of today's english spoken and written without affectation or vulgarity by educated Anglophones ( Brits and Americans) .
Some characteristics : emphasis on levels of language( written, familiar, very formal , etc), importance given to verbs , nouns and adjectives construction, american idioms, eight lessons on certain abstract notions such as how to express purpose, preference, incertitude, constrast.
It comes with exercises and the answers to the exercises.
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