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OverviewLong trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, French Grammar and Usage provides students and teachers with a complete guide to French as it is written and spoken today. It includes clear and concise descriptions of all the main grammatical phenomena of French, and their use, illustrated by numerous examples taken from contemporary French, and distinguishes the most common forms of usage, both formal and informal. This combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage will prove invaluable to students and teachers of French from intermediate through to advanced level. Praised for its clear lay-out and lucid explanations, the new edition includes updated examples, enhanced cross-referencing and expanded explanations of notoriously difficult points of grammar. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Roger Hawkins (The University of Essex, UK) , Richard Towell (University of Salford, UK) , Roger Hawkins (The University of Essex, UK) , Richard Towell (University of Salford, UK)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Hodder Education Edition: 3rd New edition Dimensions: Width: 17.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.60cm Weight: 0.924kg ISBN: 9780340991244ISBN 10: 0340991240 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 26 March 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Replaced By: 9781138851108 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Language: French Table of ContentsGuide for the user Glossary of key grammatical terms 1. Nouns 2. Determiners 3. Personal and impersonal pronouns 4. Adjectives 5. Adverbs 6. Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers 7. Verb forms 8. Verb constructions 9. Verb and participle agreement 10. Tense 11. The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives 12. The infinitive 13. Prepositions 14. Question formation 15. Relative clauses 16. Negation 17. Conjunctions and other linking constructionsReviewsAuthor InformationRoger Hawkins is Professor of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. Richard Towell is Emeritus Professor of French Applied Linguistics at the University of Salford and a past President of the Association of French Language Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |