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Synopsis
From MTV to e-mail, junk bonds to tabloids, the "HarperCollins Spanish Concise Dictionary" keeps readers up-to-date with contemporary Spanish. Special entries throughout the text illuminate aspects of Spanish life and culture.
Synopsis
A new look at language Extra help with grammar:
- Step-by-step guide to Spanish grammar from adjectives to sentence structure
- Extensive examples of grammatical constructions and idiomatic usage
- Thorough explanation of grammatical elements from noun cases to verb tenses
Practical, user-friendly, comprehensive:
- From MTV to e-mail, junk bonds to tabloids, the HarperCollins Spanish Concise Dictionary keeps you up-to-date with contemporary Spanish
- Special entries throughout the text illuminate aspects of Spanish life and culture
All the information you need to keep to write a paper, read a book, or tell a story.
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HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with headquarters in New York. The company is part of News America Publishing Group, a division of News Corporation. The house of Mark Twain, the Bronte Sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper. The worldwide book group, which was formed following News Corporation's acquisition of the British publisher William Collins in January 1990, has significant publishing interests in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.