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This highly successful Spanish grammar text offers students a review of major grammatical principles together with extensive oral and written practice. The student is also introduced to grammatical analysis by being asked to examine both lexical meaning and syntactical function. Questions on each grammatical topic are followed by examples to allow the student to generalize the grammatical concept or a rule. Features: * Each chapter begins with a reading by a well-known author. The readings have been selected because they contain examples of the grammar and usage covered in that chapter. Many of the readings are New to this edition: * Each grammatical concept is presented carefully and systematically, and distinctins are made between form (morphology), meaning (semantics), and structure (syntax). Students are given a sense of logical order in the flow of grammatical structures. * A variety of exercises provide written and oral practice in conjugation and contextualized use of grammar. Many of the activities are interactive and some encourage collaborative learning. * A set of Problem Words covers matters that fall between semantics and syntax. * A new introductory chapter summarizes the most basic grammatical concepts. * Structures are presented in a sequence reflecting the order of functional importance. * The subjunctive is now covered in two chapters, presenting this complex topic more rationally and clearly. * The material on relatives is included in Chapter 13 (Subjunctive versus indicative in adjective clauses). * New exercises have been added to each chapter.

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