Hammer's German Grammar and Usage

Long trusted as the most comprehensive, up-to-date and user-friendly grammar available, Hammer's German Grammar provides you with a complete guide to German as it is written and spoken today.In a new layout to enable better referencing, this new edition includes:concise descriptions of the main grammatical phenomena of German and their useexamples of grammar taken from contemporary German, helping you to understand the underlying grammatical principles more quicklyinvaluable guidance on pronunciation and the German accentdiscussion of new words from English roots, helping you to communicate in German as Germans do todayclarification on the spelling reform and current spellings of German, thus increasing your confidence while writing and reading in German.Praised for its lucid explanations, this new edition distinguishes the most common forms of usage, both formal and informal. Hammer's German Grammar also offers you a combination of reference grammar and manual of current usage that you will find invaluable, whether a student or a teacher, at intermediate or advanced level.