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Summary: The Best Latin Grammar !
Review: Dear latin students in the U.S., this may be one of the best latin grammars ever written and now put into the Internet.During last decades, latin teaching has become more difficult, even in a french-speaking culture, as the quality of grammars has decreased. What's more, is that the prices of these bad grammars have climbed and have to be paid by students without a proper income. It is only by Internet that one can prevent such inadequacy. For those who have therefore given up studying one of the most amazing languages ever spoken, I only recommand to visit the Allen & Greenough Latin Grammar Site.Marc WILMES Luxembourg
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Summary: cumbersome
Review: I find it much more difficult to navigate this book than, say, Moreland and Fleisher's book of Latin grammar. Furthermore, it's verbosity is frequently difficult to penetrate. The author seems to have an aversion to synthetic explanation, relying instead on an overabundance of examples that serve to clarify little of the readers confusion.
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Summary: Content wonderful, presentation less so
Review: In the Focus edition, this standard text is hampered by lackluster typography and design. For example, I agree with Latin Student's review: section numbers need to be indicated at the top of the page. Section/sub-section names should also be included at the top of the page. Typography could set off notes and quoted text. Old College Classical Series (A.D. Caratzas, publisher, Orpheus Publishing, Inc.) much better in these respects, imho. What I like to call the blight of desktop publishing.
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Summary: design flaw
Review: It seems a little presumptuous to comment on this classic, but it would be much easier to use if the section numbers were given at the top of the pages (like keywords in a dictionary). Since every reference in the index is by section number, the page numbers emphasized in the current design are extremely distracting. There is no way to find a section number except by scanning the text. I hope the publisher will read this review and change the design in a future edition.
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Summary: The Best Available Reference in English
Review: This book's low average rating is, unfortunately, a reflection not of its quality, but of the error of a previous reviewer whose mistake was to expect the book to be a basic grammar rather than a reference grammar for more advanced students. Put simply, there is no better Latin reference grammar available in English. If there is, I am not aware of it. This is the only Latin grammar that rivals Smyth's Greek Grammar in its depth and clarity. That said, students should note that this is a thorough descriptive reference grammar, not a grammar meant to teach Latin or to provide the intermediate student with a basic reference. Those seeking a simpler reference more suitable to the intermediate level may benefit from Bennet's grammar of the same title.
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Summary: A classic in print once more!
Review: This is one of the great Latin reference grammars. Where most people fail is in expecting a grammar to be a textbook; case in point, another reviewer compared this to Moreland and Fleischer's _Intensive Latin Course_, which is a fine textbook, but not a reference grammar. This and similar grammars by Hale & Buck or Gildersleeve are essential for the advancing student, but should never be approached like a lesson book or be read straight through. They're called "reference" grammars because you're meant to "refer" to them on specific questions of grammar. Get it? For the beginning student or for a simpler (albeit less authoritative) treatment, I recommend Bennett's grammar. But Allen & Greenough is an excellent, excellent grammar. When you've gotten a bit further along you may consider adding Woodcock's _New Latin Syntax_.
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Summary: A classic in print once more!
Review: This is one of the great Latin reference grammars. Where most people fail is in expecting a grammar to be a textbook; case in point, another reviewer compared this to Moreland and Fleischer's _Intensive Latin Course_, which is a fine textbook, but not a reference grammar. This and similar grammars by Hale & Buck or Gildersleeve are essential for the advancing student, but should never be approached like a lesson book or be read straight through. They're called "reference" grammars because you're meant to "refer" to them on specific questions of grammar. Get it? For the beginning student or for a simpler (albeit less authoritative) treatment, I recommend Bennett's grammar. But Allen & Greenough is an excellent, excellent grammar. When you've gotten a bit further along you may consider adding Woodcock's _New Latin Syntax_.
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