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Title: Prepare to buy supplemental texts
Review: This book makes me angry. A good introductory book explains concepts carefully, step-by-step, and will explain them a second or third time while rewording them. This book presents an idea once and does so in such a poor matter that the reader is left with the burden of hunting down explanations to fill the gaps. If you, like me, are forced to use this book in a class, get ready to spend more money on additional books.One reviewer who gave this 5 stars called it digital poetry. I recognize why he did so, and to one who already understands these concepts, it probably qualifies. But then, if they already understand, why would they need this book? And if they don't understand, writing in such a compact form won't help them to do so -- A beginning student of English doesn't read poetry; they read primers. One might wish to prime their firewood with this text.
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