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Title: Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar (College Classical Series) by George L. Kittredge, J. B. Greenough, J. H. Allen ISBN: 0-89241-331-X Publisher: Melissa Media Pub. Date: December, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Available Reference in English
Comment: This book's low average rating is, unfortunately, a reflection not of its quality, but of the error of a previous reviewer whose mistake was to expect the book to be a basic grammar rather than a reference grammar for more advanced students. Put simply, there is no better Latin reference grammar available in English. If there is, I am not aware of it. This is the only Latin grammar that rivals Smyth's Greek Grammar in its depth and clarity. That said, students should note that this is a thorough descriptive reference grammar, not a grammar meant to teach Latin or to provide the intermediate student with a basic reference. Those seeking a simpler reference more suitable to the intermediate level may benefit from Bennet's grammar of the same title.
Rating: 5
Summary: A classic in print once more!
Comment: This is one of the great Latin reference grammars. Where most people fail is in expecting a grammar to be a textbook; case in point, another reviewer compared this to Moreland and Fleischer's _Intensive Latin Course_, which is a fine textbook, but not a reference grammar. This and similar grammars by Hale & Buck or Gildersleeve are essential for the advancing student, but should never be approached like a lesson book or be read straight through. They're called "reference" grammars because you're meant to "refer" to them on specific questions of grammar. Get it? For the beginning student or for a simpler (albeit less authoritative) treatment, I recommend Bennett's grammar. But Allen & Greenough is an excellent, excellent grammar. When you've gotten a bit further along you may consider adding Woodcock's _New Latin Syntax_.
Rating: 2
Summary: cumbersome
Comment: I find it much more difficult to navigate this book than, say, Moreland and Fleisher's book of Latin grammar. Furthermore, it's verbosity is frequently difficult to penetrate. The author seems to have an aversion to synthetic explanation, relying instead on an overabundance of examples that serve to clarify little of the readers confusion.
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Title: Greek Grammar by Herbert Weir Smyth, Gordon M. Messing ISBN: 0674362500 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1983 List Price(USD): $42.00 |
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Title: 501 Latin Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged by Richard E. Prior, Joseph Wohlberg ISBN: 0812090500 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: A New Latin Syntax by E. C. Woodcock ISBN: 0865161267 Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub. Date: December, 1987 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Cassell's Latin Dictionary : Latin-English, English-Latin by D. P. Simpson ISBN: 0025225804 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 October, 1977 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar by B. L. Gildersleeve, Gonzalex Lodge, Ward W. Briggs ISBN: 0865163537 Publisher: Bolchazy Carducci Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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