Standard Deviants Action Learning CD-ROM: English Grammar

by CEREBELLUM SOFTWARE

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005BGBA
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 28, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,355 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Master the basics of English grammar with this carefully designed CD-ROM. The program contains everything you'll need to know: the definition of grammar, parts of speech, common nouns and pronouns, verb tenses, conjugations, compound sentences, and more. It includes live-action video, sophisticated animation and computer graphics, quizzes with robust assessment, and an interactive trivia game. Cowritten by Chris Thaiss, Ph.D., of George Mason University and Charles Fisher, M.A., of the Madeira School.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Inappropriate software for adults!, May 2, 2002

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Carol Hanson (St. Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Standard Deviants Action Learning CD-ROM: English Grammar (CD-ROM)

Do not waste your money buying this product! I am angry that I read the first review and thought I was getting a program that would be a good grammar review. It was a waste of time. I had to give the product one star because of Amazon's format. It should be a no star product.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The content does not match the external description..., April 23, 2002

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This review is from: Standard Deviants Action Learning CD-ROM: English Grammar (CD-ROM)

Personally this is a total dissapointment because of the following:

1. I was looking for some specific grammar learning tool and thought this was what I needed. However, it also contains math and other unrelated items, a contradiction with respect to the title itself.
2. Grammar exercises are poorly prepared. Questions were asked without giving a lesson first. Answers to questions are brief and unsatisfactory, and often with no examples whatsoever.
3. There was supposed to be a TV show or some sort of video according to the box, there is no such thing when you actually run the program -> more contradictions.
4. There is some annoying and irrelevant game, totally unrelated to the objective of grammar learning.

To summarize the title of the CD-ROM does not reflect the contents at all, it is inconsistent and full of contradiction. I got so angry at the end that I returned it... waste of time and money :(

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You can have more fun on video games, May 11, 2002

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K. F. Lee "kimori" (Mission Viejo, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Standard Deviants Action Learning CD-ROM: English Grammar (CD-ROM)

Don't waste your money if you want to learn grammar. This program does not teach, it only provide simple quizes that you can finish in one sitting, yes, the whole program in one sitting.