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This is by no means a complete comprehensive grammar book, but if you want to get a feel of Portuguese grammar, and you don't have a lot of time to study, then this is a good book. It explains a lot of grammar, and is especially helpful if you don't have a lot of time to study every aspect of grammar. It gives you a lot of examples. I also have Essential German Grammar, and that is very helpful for me as I learn German.
Very helpful when you know portugese or english word to find word in other language. Use this book often.
It is good as a basic reference for beginners, but is inadequate for anyone who wants the finer points. What can I say. The book covers the basics well. Same problem with most books in most languages, it seems. Some older books are better.
there is a but. This is a good essential grammar, concise, to the point, useful information. But. it is too biased towards Peninsular Portuguese. With a better balance between Peninsular and Brazilian Portuguese, it would have earned five stars from me.
I consider this an excellent first time grammar for learning Portuguese. It does what it professes and I highly recommend it.
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