{"id":2672,"date":"2025-11-05T08:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/?p=2672"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:59:26","slug":"french-essentials-for-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/french-essentials-for-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"French Essentials for Dummies, 2nd ed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawlessfrench.com\/products\/french-essentials-for-dummies\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lklawless.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fr-essentials-for-dummiess.jpg\" alt=\"French Essentials for Dummies\" width=\"103\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\"><\/a>The first edition of <i>French Essentials for Dummies<\/i> was published in 2011 and has my name on it because more than a third of its content was taken from my book <i>Intermediate French for Dummies<\/i>, with no input from me.<\/p>\n<p>The new, second edition is very different: I edited and in some chapters even completely rewrote it, and am now proud to call it my ninth book. If you&#8217;re looking for a reference book that you can dip into to get an overview of or a reminder about verb conjugations, adverbial pronouns, or whatever other intermediate-ish grammar you need to learn or brush up on, this is the one: it covers the essentials.<\/p>\n<p>French <i>Essentials for Dummies<\/i> is available in both paperback and ebook versions at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1394373198\/lawless03-20\">Amazon.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1394373198\/reel-21\">Amazon.co.uk<\/a>, or your favorite bookstore.<\/p>\n<p>ISBN 978-1394373192<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first edition of French Essentials for Dummies was published in 2011 and has my name on it because more than a third of its content was taken from my book Intermediate French for Dummies, with no input from me. 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