Syntax of the French Verb (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Edward C. Armstrong

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330382676 ISBN 13 : 9781330382677

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The present work, whfle by no means a complete treatment of the syntax of the French verb, is intended to be sufficiently comprehensive to serve students ofF rench as a reference book. At the same time, an effort has been made to arrange the material in such a way that it can be used to advantage in class, especially in connection with exercises in French composition. The aim of the book is to record only contemporary French usage; that is, to include only such statements as can be verified for good written or spoken French of the last fifty years. A ny one familiar with grammatical treatises will know how rarely such a purpose is attained, and it is to be feared that, in spite of the care exercised, archaic constructions may have slipped into the treatment. Since the book should serve the double purpose of an explanation of literary construction and of an aid in using colloquial French, some material of both classes is included; but, for the most important cases of deviation in the two styles, there exists the intention of indicating to which style a given statement applies. When practicable, illustrative sentences have been chosen which are good in either style. It is with great hesitation that even this partial treatment of the differentiation between the two kinds ofF rench has been introduced, since the author realizes that he suffers from the foreigners need, in such a domain, of the guide afforded to a Frenchman by his speech feeling. No effort has been made to limit the illustrative examples to citations from French authors. The governing principle has been to make the sentence structure and the vocabulary as simple as possible, and to court rather than to taboo repetition; the aim being to distract the students attention as little as possible from the principle illustrated. Where practicable, this is further sought for by spacing the letters of the
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330382676
• ISBN 13: 9781330382677
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 183
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