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Chicken_Monster
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04 August 2014 at 7:14am | IP Logged 
What is the very best (or a very good) grammar book (or volumes of books) for Spanish. Online is okay too.

I am thinking of perhaps one Spanish grammar reference book, and another Spanish grammar book
designed to teach someone from a beginning to advanced level.

Teach Yourself Spanish has grammar, but I'm not sure if that is enough.


Edited by Chicken_Monster on 04 August 2014 at 7:30am

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Stelle
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I haven't worked with enough grammar books to say that one is the absolute "best". But I like the Practice Makes
Perfect books. I used Verb Tenses and Pronouns and Prepositions, both of which were very useful. I know that there's
also a Basic Spanish Grammar book in the series, but I haven't used it myself. They're very affordable, but you have
to find your own way to revisit and review grammar points. Doing things once and then moving on isn't enough -
you have to make an effort to use the things that you've learned.

About Spanish offers very clear and comprehensive grammar explanations for free, if you're able to ignore all of the
ads plastered everywhere:

About Spanish - grammar

edited to correct a typo

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04 August 2014 at 10:57pm | IP Logged 
There are a lot of free Spanish grammar resources online. For example, you can check these ones:

-SPANISH GRAMMAR.Libro digital Herramientas de español.Online Advanced Spanish Book

-Spanish Grammar

-Curso de español. English-español.


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AlexTG
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05 August 2014 at 9:16am | IP Logged 
I haven't read any others to make a comparison but "A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish" by Butt
and Benjamin is awesome.

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05 August 2014 at 10:25am | IP Logged 
"Gramática Comunicativa del español" de Francisco Matte Bon is definitely one of the best
grammar books I've ever seen.

I wrote more about it on my blog here:
Gramatica comunicativa

Edited by Przemek on 06 August 2014 at 10:13am

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Chicken_Monster
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Przemek wrote:
"Gramática Comunicativa del español" de Francisco Matte Bon is definitely one of
the
best
grammar books I've ever seen.

I wrote more about it on my blog here:
http://www.multigato.blogspot.com/2014/04/gramatica-comunica tiva-del-espanol-
best.html


Sounds great, but it is out of print. Also, are both volumes written in English or Spanish?

Do you (or anyone) have links to where I may purchase? I only found Spanish editions online. I need
editions that utilize English to teach the Spanish. Thanks.



Edited by Chicken_Monster on 06 August 2014 at 3:37am

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Przemek
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06 August 2014 at 8:01am | IP Logged 
No, It's written entirely in Spanish
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Przemek wrote:
"Gramática Comunicativa del español" de Francisco Matte Bon is definitely one of the best
grammar books I've ever seen.

I wrote more about it on my blog here:
http://www.multigato.blogspot.com/2014/04/gramatica-comunica tiva-del-espanol-best.html


This is the link:

"Gramática Comunicativa del español" de Francisco Matte Bon


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