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Using extensive examples from modern spoken and written French, this handy reference provides the most accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date basic grammar available. With its attractive and easy-to-use layout, this dictionary contains explanations of current usage with hundreds of helpful examples taken from everyday speech, newpapers, and magazines. Short, simple, and easy-to-follow, French Grammar also includes sections on translation problems and pronunciation traps, verb tables conjugating more than a hundred irregular verbs, an alphabetical list of French prepositions and their use, a comprehensive glossary of grammatical terms, and an easy-to-use index for swift reference. From the student to the business person to travelers brushing up on their French for a coming trip abroad, this is an essential reference for anyone hoping to perfect their language skills.