Binamé, J. J.  1915-2000. <br/><br/>
The French They Never Taught You :  Tips for Teachers and Advanced Students / 
J.J. Binamé and Paul G. Socken. 
 - 2nd ed., rev. and expanded. 
 - Toronto :  Canadian Scholars' Press,  2006. 
 - xiii, 95 p. :  cov. ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>"Grammar is not a four-letter word. Learning vocabulary is not a form of punishment. They are the basis of any language, and a student who wants more than a tourist's booklet of useful phrases will need to learn them sooner or later. The second edition of this popular title books takes the sting out of the exercise and even makes it a pleasant experience. By tackling issues not addressed in other texts, or by doing so in a new way, we examine questions you will find novel and intriguing.<br/> In the section on grammar, we propose a new and better way to tell the use of the passé simple or passé composé and the imparfait. There really are differences in causal conjunctions (parce que/car/comme/puisque). The agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs (Elle s'est coupée au doigt) is also explained clearly. The updated section on vocabulary helps you distinguish between pouvoir and puissance (power), and the section on style deals with such issues as letter-writing and levels of language.<br/> The purpose of this work, like that of second-language teachers, is to inspire students to seek what is unique in both languages and to reflect on the relationship and interplay between them." (Book Cover) TABLE OF CONTENTS:<br/> Preface PART ONE: GRAMMAR<br/> 1. Prepositions<br/>  A. For – expressing time<br/>  B. To + Infinitive<br/> 2. Adverbial Phrases<br/>  A. Adverbial phrases of place<br/> 3. Pronouns<br/>  A. Dont or duquel?<br/>  B. On… vous<br/> 4. Verbs<br/>  A. Agreement of the past participle of pronominal verbs<br/>  B. Plus-que-parfait or passé antérieur (passésurcomposé)?<br/>  C. Je l’ai vue les voler<br/>  D. The passive versus the active voice<br/>  E. Imparfait, passé simple, and passé composé : the traditional approach<br/>  F. Passé simple (passé composé)/imparfait : a new approach<br/>  G. Some basic points about sentence structure<br/>  H. Future anterior of conjecture, conditional of unconfirmed information<br/>  I. Present participle and gerundive<br/>  J. Il ne faut pas<br/> 5. Conjunctions<br/>  A. Causal Conjuctions<br/> 6. Adjectives<br/>  A. The position of the adjective (Part 1)<br/>  B. The position of the adjective (Part 2)<br/>  C. Adjectives that follow the noun<br/>  D. Agreement of adjectives of colour<br/> 7. Articles<br/>  A. Parts of the body<br/>  B. Français/le français<br/>  C. De/des<br/>  D. Omission of the article before the names of provinces, countries, and continents<br/> 8. Adverbs<br/>  A. Negatives<br/>  B. Position of adverbs<br/> 9. Syllables<br/> PART TWO: VOCABULARY<br/>  1. Test<br/>  2. Être en accord or Être d’accord?<br/>  3. Relatives<br/>  4. Holiday, Vacation<br/>  5. Décider<br/>  6. Pouvoir and Puissance (Power)<br/>  7. To Suggest<br/>  8. To Visit<br/>  9. Se servir de<br/>  10. Scarcely, Hardly<br/>  11. Could, Would<br/>  12. Oui or Si?<br/>  13. D’avance/À l’avance/En avance<br/>  14. Mener/Porter<br/>  15. Sans doute and Other False Friends<br/>  16. S’assurer que<br/>  17. Food… for Thought<br/>  18. Tranché<br/>  19. Each/Every<br/>  20. Encore and Toujours<br/>  21. When Is a Rue not a Street?<br/>  22. Espoir/Espérance<br/>  23. Numbers, Figures, and Digits<br/>  a. Vingt and Cent<br/>  24. There Are Words… and There Are Words: Mots/Paroles<br/>  25. So<br/>  26. Bouchées, Fournées, Soirées… Chaque jour et Chaque année: Reflections on a Suffix<br/>  27. An Employee Isn’t Un Employé<br/>  28. À Nouveau/De Nouveau (again)<br/>  29. Original/Originel (original)<br/>  30. Sensible/Sensitif (sensitive)<br/>  31. Valable/Valide<br/>  32. Welcome Back, You Asked for It, Cans, I Feel for Him, It’s Not at All Like Them, and Is There Anything Wrong?<br/>  33. “The first… to… ”<br/>  34. Faire attention/Prêter attention<br/>  35. Désintérêt/Désintéressement<br/>  36. Possible and Éventuel<br/>  37. Why you will always need to memorize some things<br/>  38. More<br/>  39. D’Afrique/de l’Afrique<br/>  40. Plusieurs or Beaucoup?<br/>  41. Translation of “Not”<br/>  42. To Take<br/>  43. Diminutif<br/>  44. A cite is not a city and a countrée is not a country<br/>  45. Faire/Laisser<br/> PART THREE: STYLE<br/>  1. It is, he is (Part 1)<br/>  2. It is (Part 2)<br/>  3. You Can See<br/>  4. Gender<br/>  5. Negatives and Positives: Inversion<br/>  6. How to Write a Letter with Flair<br/>  7. Levels of Language<br/>  8. Abbreviations<br/>  9. Capitals<br/>  10. Hyphens<br/>  11. The plural of nouns ending in –ou<br/>  12. The plural of nouns ending in –al<br/>  13. The plural of nouns ending in –ail<br/>  14. S or SS?<br/>  15. Guarantee<br/> Conclusion 
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English and French. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1551303167 (pbk) 9781551303161 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>C20069053731 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>French language--English.--Textbooks for foreign speakers<br/>French language--Grammar.<br/>French language--Vocabulary.<br/>French language--Study and teaching (Higher)--English speakers.