Kapitel 1
GRAMMAR: examples of umlauts page 3
Kapitel 2
GRAMMAR: explanation of nominative interrogative slightly expanded to include WAS and expanded discussion of how context and grammatical endings work together to help identify subject/object difference; examples of ambiguous subject-object pp. 14-15 (thanks to Simone Vaidean for suggestion)
GRAMMAR: example/explanation of present tense + future time = implied future on page 17
DELETION of metric conversions p. 18-19
Kapitel 3
GRAMMAR: clarification of Masculine nouns on page 28 and eliminated incorrect Autor from list of n-nouns on page 29 (thanks to Robert K. Bloomer of SUNY Stonybrook for suggestion)
EX slightly revised exercise sentences 5-7 (on Brecht's theater) on page 32
Kapitel 4
GRAMMAR replaced the misleading possessive "adjective" with possessive pronoun (page 35)
GRAMMAR revised explanation / examples for ES GIBT on pp 38-39
EX: deleted sentences 16 and 17, new total number of sentences = 18
Kapitel 6
GRAMMAR deleted text on the doctor with the Mercedes on page 64 and added short explanation of the meaning and positioning of preps meaning "according to" (gemäß, laut, nach, zufolge)
STATEGIES: tips on using dictionary on page 65
EX: replaced Americanisms with German in sentences 5 and 6 on page 66
Kapitel 7
TABLES made clearer
GRAMMAR: revised explanation of Adjectives used as nouns on page 73 and of neuter adjectival nouns on page 74
EX: replaced #8-9 with more culturally context-rich exercise sentences
Kapitel 8
GRAMMAR: deleted decontextualized practice phrases 81-82
Kapitel 12
EX revised sentences 16-17 with updated data (on page 129)
Kapitel 14
GRAMMAR: Suffix-er replaced "Finder" w/ "Denker"
EX revised/replaced sentences 5, 7-10, 19 with more culturally context-rich exercise sentences on page 144 and 145
Kapitel 15
GRAMMAR revised presentation of idiomatic meanings of reflexive verbs on 149
EX replaced #11 and added #15 to better exemplify added vocabulary and increase contextual framework of exercise sentences (page 153)
Review Reading 3; "Paracelsus"
Kapitel 16
EX sentences 5, 8-11, and 17 rewritten, collapsed together, and/or deleted because of Americanisms and to increase cultural context; final number of sentences is 17.
Kapitel 18
GRAMMAR: revised presentation of differences between DA as a subordinating conjunction vs. adverbial use. page 179
Kapitel 20
EX sentence #17 edited to reflect standard German usage, thanks to Kai Artur Dies (page 199)
Kapitel 22
GRAMMAR: slight changes to list of idiomatic prepositional phrases (217)
Kapitel 24
updated examples
EX replaced sentences 13, 15 and 16 with new contextually and culturally richer exercise sentences (Thema Dresden) 233.doc
Kapitel 26
GRAMMAR: addition of definition of "furthermore" for the darüber…hinaus on page 249
EX sentence # 4 add example of darüber…hinaus as "furthermore"
GRUNDWORTSCHATZ added "betrachten", "Wahl" on page 251
READING somewhat reduced glossing
Kapitel 27
GRAMMAR: revision of presentation of strong verbs on 257
GRAMMAR: new explanation and samples for recognizing difference between simple past and subjunctive forms of weak verbs on page 256
GRAMMAR: new addition of examples of es gäbe, es hätte gegeben on 256-257
EX: added example of ES GÄBE to sentence 5, revised sentences 9, 10, 18
Kapitel 28
EX; two new sentences, #16 and 17 on page 268
Kapitel 29
EX: rewritten sentence #4 adds cultural information, revised Sentence 17
Kapitel 30
GRAMMAR: Completely revised presentation of ES GIBT on page 279
GRAMMAR: ADDED presentation of idiomatic ES + weather expressions (279)
GRAMMAR: Somewhat revised presentations of other ES idioms
EX: rewritten sentence #3, 5, 18
GFRK6 / insert list /2