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Majority of content is unrelated "bonus" material

Revisado: 07-02-19

The first 5:42 of this audiobook is a whirlwind, but complete, tour of the ABA's Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Model Code of Judicial Conduct. The remaining 7:44 is "bonus" materials -- a Law School Survival Guide, and Legal Terminology. I didn't listen to those. The performance of the Model Rules portion is excellent, with attention to modulation and inflection that maintained my attention.

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Marred, for me, by performance

Revisado: 06-08-19

I'm here to lament one aspect of the performance. It is otherwise competent, but the reader mispronounces two of the most-frequently occurring English words: the definite and indefinite articles, "the" and "a". In their normal, as opposed to emphatic, uses, the pronunciation should be with short vowel sounds: "thuh" and "uh"; the vowel sound is what is called a schwa. Pronunciation with a long vowel sound, as "thee" and "ay [to rhyme with "hay]" is appropriate only for emphasis, as in, "This is *the* store for fresh produce", or "it's *a* book, but not the *best* book" (asterisks here in lieu of italics or boldface). For "the", the long vowel sound may also be used before a word with an initial vowel. But in ordinary usage, the schwa vowel sound is correct, whether you prefer a prescriptivist or descriptivist interpretation of "correct."

To my ear, the pronunciation with the long vowels is like that of an elementary-school child, and is a constant source of irritation in listening to this audiobook.

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Somewhat interesting bio; lousy performance

Revisado: 09-17-14

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Goodman's narration was like that of a kid reading aloud from an assigned book in English class. Phrasing and emphasis were largely random.

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