Forum: Grammar
Today, 10:33 PM
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As I understand it, sometimes one of them is...
As I understand it, sometimes one of them is possible and the other one is not.
Using your examples, "(yo) podía haberlo hecho ayer" says only that you had the capacity/ability to do it yesterday....
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Forum: Grammar
Yesterday, 05:28 PM
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Forum: Grammar
December 12, 2019, 05:52 PM
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Depending on differences in context or in...
Depending on differences in context or in intonation and emphasis, your sentence "you don't eat too much fruit" can mean either "no comes demasiada fruta" or "no comes mucha fruta".
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Forum: Introductions
December 08, 2019, 09:18 AM
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Forum: Grammar
December 05, 2019, 09:36 PM
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Encontré este artículo...
Encontré este artículo (https://www.englishgrammar.org/bare-infinitive-2/) sobre el "bare infinitive".
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
October 25, 2019, 05:49 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
August 29, 2019, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 8
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For some reason I've always favored a different...
For some reason I've always favored a different method of converting adult human heights: I always convert inches to centimeters (multiply by 2.54 cm/in or divide by .3937 in/cm) or centimeters to...
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Forum: Introductions
April 19, 2019, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
April 14, 2019, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Idioms & Sayings
April 13, 2019, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 6
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Following on Rusty's comments about "kitty": I...
Following on Rusty's comments about "kitty": I know of one other related use in the context of playing a specific card game that I know as "cribbage". This game involves dealing a specified number of...
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Forum: Grammar
April 13, 2019, 08:57 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 12, 2019, 02:37 AM
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 07, 2019, 08:31 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
April 04, 2019, 05:29 PM
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Forum: Grammar
March 28, 2019, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 6
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I've done some more reseach on the topic, and I...
I've done some more reseach on the topic, and I believe that I owe you an apology. I have found more than one source that demonstrates two types of passive sentences, and one of them resembles the...
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Forum: Grammar
March 27, 2019, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 6
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None of them are correct. I agree with all of...
None of them are correct. I agree with all of poli's suggestions.
If you have an English sentence that has an active voice verb, one converts that verb to passive voice by taking either the direct...
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Forum: Introductions
March 22, 2019, 07:21 PM
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Forum: Vocabulary
March 16, 2019, 06:58 PM
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Replies: 11
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Some possible equivalents in English could be...
Some possible equivalents in English could be "review", "critique", or "criticism".
A "review" is a published opinion about some work of art of any type, usually one that has been recently...
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Forum: Introductions
March 09, 2019, 04:55 PM
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Forum: Grammar
January 25, 2019, 09:30 PM
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Forum: Translations
January 22, 2019, 11:22 PM
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That's correct: it's possible for them to mean...
That's correct: it's possible for them to mean the same thing, but enamored can also mean estar loco por algo.
I found this list of synonyms for the verb enamor: fascinate, bewitch, enchant and...
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Forum: Translations
January 22, 2019, 12:33 AM
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Me pregunto ¿por qué los ángeles son los que...
Me pregunto ¿por qué los ángeles son los que puedan heredar la isla de felicidad? ¿Tal vez son los herederos de la isla porque es una manifestación del cielo?
En la otra frase, el significado...
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Forum: Grammar
January 12, 2019, 11:25 AM
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In general "a ti" is used for emphasis.
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In general "a ti" is used for emphasis.
However, the meaning of this particular sentence implies emphasis ("I love only you", or "The only one I love is you"), so perhaps in this context it sounds...
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Forum: Grammar
November 28, 2018, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 2
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The RAE article about leísmo in "Diccionario...
The RAE article about leísmo in "Diccionario panhispánico de dudas" (http://lema.rae.es/dpd/?key=leismo) may be worth reviewing for what the RAE's position is on this topic.
Based on this article,...
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Forum: Vocabulary
November 15, 2018, 02:57 PM
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Replies: 3
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