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Correct Your Italian Blunders: Avoid 99% of the Common Mistakes Made by Learners of Italian

by Marcel Danesi

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Speak and write Italian as if it were your native tongue!

Tired of making the same old mistakes of switching your genders, confusing your tenses, and mixing up your idioms? Break the bad habits that leave those you talk to scratching their heads. Correct Your Italian Blunders warns you of hundreds of typical errors learners make and explains the reasons behind the mistakes, so you can correct yourself in the future.

Improve your Italian skills with this fun and comprehensive guide and avoid all the common pitfalls, such as:

  • Mispronunciation and misspelling
  • Applying English grammar patterns to Italian
  • Putting verbs in the wrong tense
  • Using incorrect prepositions in expressions
  • Forgetting agreements in gender and number
  • Hanging out with falsi amici (false cognates)

Correct Your Italian Blunders contains exercises covering all parts of grammar and wraps it all up with review passages to check that you are blunder-free. Soon, biting your nails will be your only bad habit!

Synopsis:

Build your Italian skills--by learning what not to do Mixing genders, inverting subjects and objects, and using false cognates are just a few of the common blunders language learners have been making from time immemorial. With the help of numerous examples, practical exercises, and quick-reference tables, this fast-paced guide helps you break your bad habits (or avoid falling into them) and correct your mistakes--and have fun doing it.

About the Author

Marcel Danesi teaches Italian at the University of Toronto.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780071472159
Subtitle:
Avoid 99% of the Common Mistakes Made by Learners of Italian
Author:
Danesi, Marcel
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Companies
Subject:
Italian
Subject:
Grammar
Subject:
Italian language
Subject:
Italian, Italian errors, Italian mistakes, Italian blunders, misspeak, learning Italian, Italian language learning, learning Italian, Italian faux pas, Marcel Danesi
Subject:
Italian language -- Grammar.
Subject:
Italian language -- Errors of usage.
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1
Publication Date:
November 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
311
Dimensions:
8.28x5.52x.68 in. .79 lbs.

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