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Correct Your French Blunders
A witty, fast-paced guide to eliminating those annoying and frustrating French bloopers
Mixing genders, inverting subjects and objects, and trusting false cognates are just a few of the blunders English-speaking French-language learners commonly make. In Correct Your French Blunders, veteran French teacher Véronique Mazet identifies these and other common trouble spots and clearly explains the reasons behind them. You will discover how grammar patterns of French differ from those of English and why trying to translate word for word, structure for structure, from English, can lead to big trouble.
You will learn to break bad habits and correct your mistakes while developing a much more natural feel for French language patterns with the help than 1,000 highlighted examples of common blunders to avoidA free app available on iTunes for interactive practice for obliterating those blundersNumerous examples and practical exercisesQuick-reference panels for checking correct tense formsA "Hall of Shame" compendium of bad errors to recognize and correct
Mixing genders, inverting subjects and objects, and trusting false cognates are just a few of the blunders English-speaking French-language learners commonly make. In Correct Your French Blunders, veteran French teacher Véronique Mazet identifies these and other common trouble spots and clearly explains the reasons behind them. You will discover how grammar patterns of French differ from those of English and why trying to translate word for word, structure for structure, from English, can lead to big trouble.
You will learn to break bad habits and correct your mistakes while developing a much more natural feel for French language patterns with the help than 1,000 highlighted examples of common blunders to avoidA free app available on iTunes for interactive practice for obliterating those blundersNumerous examples and practical exercisesQuick-reference panels for checking correct tense formsA "Hall of Shame" compendium of bad errors to recognize and correct
384 pages, Paperback
First published November 28, 2006
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June 5, 2021
Thought this was a pretty good book. Since I’ve been taking French for a while, most of the book was just review, but I did learn some new things and it was a really easy book to get through.
March 25, 2013
This is a great resource for someone that has already studied French and needs a refresher or a student at an intermediate level.
The book is divided into different categories such as pronunciation, different parts of speech etc. All presented in a very clear concise format. Also very superficial treatment to each warning which is the reason why this book is helpful with someone already familiar with French rather than an absolute beginner.
I unfortunately must return this book to library but do intend to get my own copy to refresh my language skills more at my leisure.
The book is divided into different categories such as pronunciation, different parts of speech etc. All presented in a very clear concise format. Also very superficial treatment to each warning which is the reason why this book is helpful with someone already familiar with French rather than an absolute beginner.
I unfortunately must return this book to library but do intend to get my own copy to refresh my language skills more at my leisure.
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