Five Thousand French Idioms: Gallicisms, Proverbs, Idiomatic Adverbs, Idiomatic Adjectives, Idiomatic Comparisons

Excerpt from Five Thousand French Idioms: Gallicisms, Proverbs, Idiomatic Adverbs, Idiomatic Adjectives, Idiomatic ComparisonsIs there a need of such a book in colleges? Edward S. Joynes, professor of modern languages in South Caro lina University, answers this question in the preface of his annotated edition of Le Cid, by Corneille: No language is so superior to its grammar as the French; no language.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.