If you want to understand the language of Danish — and Danes are sticklers for grammar, both Danish and English — then you must have this book or a Danish nun as a teacher.The cross-cultural equivalent of Warriner’s English; everything but sentence diagramming.Not quite Strunk & White’s Elements of Style, but I need its 600-plus [...]
Years ago, I found a copy of “The Viking Opera Guide” on the shelves of a large bookstore. I was astonished by how superior it was to every other opera book I’d ever seen. I looked at the back and was discouraged by the price: …. But the book was so great I would have [...]
Japanese expert Nobuo Akiyama’s revision of Lange’s book is excellent. The book is comprehensive, logical, easy to use, and very up to date. The sample sentences are fun and interesting, and the introduction gives practical, easy-to-follow information. I’ve looked at similar books, and this is clearly the best in terms of its learner-friendly format and [...]
Very frustrating organization.It is supposed to be a workbook format but does not stucture lessons for easy learning.Has too much coming at you too quickly….you have to jump back and forth through sections to piece together the information you need to successfully complete the exercises.
Generating frustration (rather than starting small and buidling on early [...]
Excellent for international students or common students looking for ways to improve their English… with expressions such as neck-to-neck or sell down the river you can become an effective communicator by using this phrases that convey a lot of meaning…
I recommend it strongly.
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