Will using one of your books enable me to pass myself off as a native speaker for my own nefarious ends?
No. For a start, your interlocutor will probably spot that you’re reading from a book. Seriously though, that’s not what these books are trying to do. They’re about giving you enough language to make yourself understood, not allowing you to exposit on the finer points of Gramscian political economy.
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