only 4 stars for not indexing tge German grammatical terms ranging from Mehrzahlbildung tbrough Verhältniswort.
A glossary gives Pronomen as pronoun, but misses »Fürwort« which is not Formal Register, but is in use.
Needs a German glossary of basic Syntax terms of everyday, not just grammarians.
What is appalling is the pre-1959 male bias: she is useless, she broke it, she has a problematic attitude, but he is hard-working, his car and his brother's car ... in the ubsourced example sentences.
Almost reduces it to 2 or 3 stars. Wellesley women might rate it 1 and i would sympathize.
Two old men: Hammer then Durrell. Enough, bros. 7th ed. needs a young woman to edit out the bias.
Otherwise excellent.
i fir one wld buy e-book as Kindle companion.
All second-language e-books should offer companion audio tracks album ( not audiobook ) as direct access resource: it makes an ebook worth acquiring and boosts value of a massive book such as this.
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systemic male bias dating back years and years in casual examples
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Organized by part of speech it covers the complete range of grammatical principles. It covers both written and commonly spoken German, detailing how each is different in each example. Also details usage with lots of easy-to-follow sample usages. The examples sentences are all translated, but most are fairly simple German. Details the usage of every single prepositions with a full range of examples about the full range of uses, as well as much, much more. The coverage is simply superb.
Explanation are very clear, without obscurity and without cruft. You might even say the explanations are elegant, as elegant as this kind of reference can be, but outstanding in any case.
It may seem like overkill for a beginner, but if you're going to buy a grammar, you might as well get a complete reference grammar as the cost is not much more and it will stand up to years of use. With basic introductory German, it is easy to follow. Much easier to follow that a typical reference grammar for English.
Includes a complete, 20 page + index which includes the German words mentioned, the cooresponding English words, and grammatical concepts. Makes it quick to find the specific point you are looking for.
Softcover, but appears to be well bound and the paper is much better quality than most modern books. Also contains judicious use of blue for the heading to make this organization clear. And tons of tables to summaries information. Nice layout, nice paper, nice binding - sets it apart from most books printed in the Amazon age. It's nice to see that Routledge is still a publisher you can trust. [How Amazon sent the book, however, is inexcusable - it was sent in a bubble envelope! Not ideal for a weighty softcover]
A valuable tool for the language learner. Highly recommended.
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