French - Valerie Worth-Stylianou

A wide-ranging and detailed companion to all aspects of spoken and written communication with emphasis on authenticity, this work combines the traditional coverage of grammar with advice on the choice of words and phrases to suit a range of different requirements - such as offering, requesting, demanding, and advising (from the most formal context to slang).;It includes advice on letter/fax writing and the composition of essays and business reports, and a word-master section extends productive skills in vocabulary, building up the user's sensibility to register. Coverage includes synonyms (how to avoid using the same word twice), false friends (words which sound like an English word but which means something else altogether), Franglais, slang and vocabulary for special purposes (computer sciences, banking, literature etc).;Translations of French examples are provided throughout, and illustrations from newspapers, photographs, and advertisements show grammar/usage points in their real life contexts.