This work represents a combination of belief and hope.

1. That everything which can be learned can be learned by almost everybody.

2. That the difference between the successful student and the unsuccessful one is understanding.

3.That effective explanation can either remove this difference or greatly reduce it.

1. That this book provides that effective explanation.

2. That if this book does not , the search continues for that which does.

Planetary travel is something we can only dream about today. But exciting adventure does not have to be a dream. Actually, every day without our realizing it, we have some of the most amazing of all adventures, trips from one head to another.

Without these "head trips" our lives might be a science-fiction nightmare, lonely people in separate capsules drifting ignorantly through unknown space.

The ability to use language frees us from these capsules. That is why the study and understanding of language, in school and out, now and for the rest of our lives, may be the most important adventure we will ever have.

This books provides one of the simplest and most effective launch pads for the pursuit of that adventure. BLAST OFF!