Customer Reviews
good resource, lacking detail - By: Callum Smith, 12 Feb 2008 
Unfortunately lacking the detail required for even 1st year University complete gramatical knowledge, but an excellent & clearly structured resource nonetheless.
Makes French grammar easy! - By: S.B., 29 Apr 2007 
I've been living in France for eighteen months now, & this book has been a life-saver. It's extremely easy to use: organised by parts of speech (but with a glossary to explain terms used for those who don't know), each section has a wealth of examples included, so you're not just learning grammar rules, you're learning the actual language. "Key points" included at the end of each section reinforce the principles learned.
There's also an index of words used, so when you come across something like "en" & just can't figure out what it's doing in a sentence, you can easily look up alll the things it *might* be doing. The authors show great sensitivity to common problems that English speakers have with the French language, & also to the differing registers of formality within French. Of course, no French grammar would be complete without tables of irregular verbs, & these are included too.
This is an extremely useful book which no beginning student of French should be without.
spanning the years - By: vimto88, 05 Oct 2006 
We went to France on our annual visit & in the chateau we rented there was this book . It is 30 years since I took French at school & considerably longer for my 82 year old father, & much more recent for my nephews who are currently studying the language.We alll enjoyed this book, reviving long forgotten phrases & how to decline nouns & hints & tips from experienced French teachers on the finer points of the language. Excellent! so good was it that I bought a copy for each of us on our return.
