French Grammar (Oxford Quick Reference)

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.

Retired Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages at Sheffield University, William Rowlinson has compiled the Grammar, Verbs, and 10,000 Words in both French and German. (#2.99 each in Oxford Minireference; #4.99 each in paperback).