A Brief French Course: In Conformity with the Laws of Syntax, Promulgated by the French Government, by Decree of March 11, 1901 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Antoine Muzzarelli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330540298 ISBN 13: 9781330540299

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from A Brief French Course: In Conformity With the Laws of Syntax, Promulgated by the French Government, by Decree of March 11, 1901

The aim of this book is to be simple and practical. It can be mastered easily in a year and by an industrious student in less time. We have exercised our best judgment in selecting for treatment only those rules of syntax that are essential. We do not think that there is any good ground for teaching students subtle points of grammatical finesse, often in contra diction with the usage of the most classic writers, the applica tion of which can be studied usefully only through the reading of good and well-selected literature. The present work is no mere abbreviation of our Academic French Course, which has had such gratifying success, though the same methods have been followed with such changes as we have judged desirable, both from our own experience and from that of hundreds of our colleagues, in teaching the aforesaid work to pupils of every age and condition, in large classes and in small. Every rule will be found to be in conformity with the reformed syn tax, approved by the Academy and recently promulgated by the French government; a reform which will be hailed with the greatest delight by every one, inasmuch as it abolishes or Simplifies many rules which have been the despair of students and teachers alike. The extensive vocabulary has been se lected with the view of making students acquainted from the very beginning with the forms of everyday expressions.

The portion dealing with phonetics is as complete as possible, although the peculiar intonation Of French can be learned only from a competent teacher.

In the application of rules of syntax, nothing short of pure idiomatic French, characteristic of the genius of that language.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330540298
• ISBN 13: 9781330540299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404