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Old September 28, 2012, 01:00 PM
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Para evitar que hierva el aceite
To avoid the oil to boil.

Sometimes it is difficult to translate subjunctive ...
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Old September 28, 2012, 02:38 PM
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To prevent the oil from boiling over ?

I believe Spanish uses subjunctive way more than English...

Let's see what the English natives have to say.
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To prevent the oil from boiling.

@JPablo: WAY more is closer to the truth.
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Old September 28, 2012, 06:45 PM
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WAY!

Ah, I had to do a second (third, fourth) take, to get it!

Ah, if I were not such a recalcitrant Spaniard, I would get it at first sight!
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To prevent the oil from boiling.

@JPablo: WAY more is closer to the truth.
Thank you both.

Bur I don't understand what you told JPablo, Rusty. Would you mind explaining it to me?
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To prevent the oil from boiling.

@JPablo: WAY more is closer to the truth.
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Thank you both.

Bur I don't understand what you told JPablo, Rusty. Would you mind explaining it to me?
In casual speech, "way more" is a common alternative to saying "a lot more", except that "way more" typically feels even more emphatic.
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And written in all caps means that I thought that emphasis was lacking still. The subjunctive is used WAY more in Spanish than it is in English.
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In casual speech, "way more" is a common alternative to saying "a lot more", except that "way more" typically feels even more emphatic.
That may be true in AmE, but not BrE.
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OK, now I understand it. Thank you all.
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