Hi (before I start, I do not represent the author, and have not bought his book, nor am a fan. If the moderator deletes the URL for any such reasons, I will repost from google docs with all such info removed).

Anyway, url is here. I was just sent this by a friend:

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/11/07/how-to-learn-but-not-master-any- language-in-1-hour-plus-a-favor/

This is the only part I wanted to focus on:

"The apple is red.
It is John’s apple.
I give John the apple.
We give him the apple.
He gives it to John.
She gives it to him.

These six sentences alone expose much of the language, and quite a few potential deal killers. "