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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Salt: A World History Review: I agree with the review posted Oct. 28 03. Shame! on Penguin for allowing a book like this to be published. Spelling errors, syntactical errors, mystifying use of pronouns, cloudy narrative and stultifying cadence. It's discouraging enough when we hear on TV "The traffic is going good on Route...." but to read similar poor text in a so-called NYT best seller crosses (sadly) a new line. Who edited this? A second grader? Kulansky's "Cod" was excoriated by scholars, wouldn't you think someone would take better care with this new book. Yes, there are interesting anecdotal passages, and salt -- like sugar-- plays a pivotal role in world history, but for heaven's sake give us a WRITER/HISTORIAN/RACONTEUR not a learning-different Matt Drudge with marbles in his mouth. Answer:
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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Waste of time Review: I bought these CD's about a year back and was completely unimpressed. Although it may cover a lot of material, the lessons are difficult and boring to follow. I'd highly recommend Pimsleur's Eastern Arabic - it provides good, everyday phrases you'll need, and can truly have you speaking like a native if you practice enough. Answer:
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Is there a negative or positive tone to this product review? === Title: Did not have the tapes, but... Review: it should be noted that you will never find a book in any language that teaches you to speak exactly like people of a particular area or age group. The closest you can get is a colloquial version like this one. If you know someone from Zagreb, this is very useful, and my Serbian co-workers understand me just fine (once they got past my accent.)Remember, English from England, Texas and Brooklyn is all different, but we have the basics to be understood in each. And the Spanish they teach in American schools is from Spain, not Puerto Rico or Mexico, but people from all three places will understand you.You should, however, start with basic area-wide How-Do-Yo-Do's before moving on to local slang. Answer:
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