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Summary: This book needs an editor!
Review: I am trying to learn Spanish and this book is helping to familiarize me with all aspect of the language, however I am finding so many mis- prints and wrong answers in the answer key that it is making me doubt everything else I am trying to learn. Seriously, did anyone edit or check answers in this book? The author and publishing company should be embarrassed. I would not reccomend this edition to anyone unless they were just brushing up on their Spanish and would know a mis- print when they see it.
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Summary: Lives up to the series
Review: I have a high standard for nonfiction books. They have to be easy to understand AND pack in a large amount of information. This series, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to...", is really the best out there. This book lives up to that title. It is a great resource once you've mastered the language, but it also takes it from the very beginning for people who've never even thought about learning a language before. The guide is written in an understandable way and is still informative and fun. If you are even remotely interesting in learning the Spanish language, this is a valuable resource that is definitely not a waste of money!
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Summary: maybe for a traveller...
Review: I'm not advanced enough in my spanish studies to verify the mistakes other reviewers mentioned, but I wouldn't doubt their existence. I bought this book thinking it would be a good introductory primer to the language - it is, only if you know some sentence structure already and are familiar with the language to some extent.It is also focused on the traveller, going in depth into phrases for hotels, airplanes and transportation. When I tried to look up the word "dog", it wasn't there. Not even "animal" or "pet" is listed in the index. I'm going to set this book aside for when I'm more familiar with the language and want a quick primer for travelling--and get something else to really teach me spanish.
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