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Forum: Grammar December 07, 2025, 12:08 AM

Replies: 1 Reference Grammar Views: 32 Posted By wrholt I don't know that there is universal agreement on... I don't know that there is universal agreement on which reference grammar is the "best", much less universal agreement on what criteria one would use to evaluate reference grammars. You might...

Forum: Grammar November 17, 2025, 09:01 AM

Replies: 5 The stressed disjunctive conjunction o Views: 81 Posted By wrholt Writing o as ó is customary, perhaps obligatory,... Writing o as ó is customary, perhaps obligatory, when the word appears between two numbers that are written using digits, primarily to make sure that the reader does not confuse it with the digit 0:...

Forum: Grammar April 20, 2025, 09:20 AM

Replies: 5 Gracias por recomendarme a Views: 377 Posted By wrholt Hmm: your sentence "gracias por recomendarme a... Hmm: your sentence "gracias por recomendarme a una niñera" seems to suggest: You: subject me: indirect object, the person that receives the recommendation a babysitter: direct object, the person...

Forum: Vocabulary January 27, 2025, 06:00 PM

Replies: 4 Huella ... picada Views: 3,610 Posted By wrholt For several years while I was growing up my... For several years while I was growing up my family lived in a rural community in a house located along a dirt road, one of several dead-end and through dirt roads in the town and neighboring towns. ...

Forum: Grammar November 05, 2024, 10:08 AM

Replies: 4 Habrá que concluir Views: 2,997 Posted By wrholt Neither: the expression "haber que + infinitive"... Neither: the expression "haber que + infinitive" (always 3rd-person singular) is an impersonal expression used to say that an action is necessary or essential. You may have seen this more often in...

Forum: Grammar November 03, 2024, 08:29 PM

Replies: 8 Aunque escribiera un borrador en un mes Views: 3,412 Posted By wrholt aleC, it seems that I am less familiar with other... aleC, it seems that I am less familiar with other possible meanings of "aunque" in addition to "although". Reading "aunque" as "even if" in this context didn't occur to me. Thanks for showing the way...

Forum: Grammar November 03, 2024, 12:46 PM

Replies: 8 Aunque escribiera un borrador en un mes Views: 3,412 Posted By wrholt I have a guess as to what the intended meaning... I have a guess as to what the intended meaning might be, but a native speaker will have to confirm it for us. The -ra form of the past subjunctive historically was not a subjunctive tense, it was...

Forum: Grammar August 25, 2024, 04:50 PM

Replies: 1 Tiraba lenta Views: 2,315 Posted By wrholt It's not tiraba lenta, it's tiraba lenta(mente)... It's not tiraba lenta, it's tiraba lenta(mente) pero firmemente. When using a series of 2 or more adverbs that end with the suffix -mente to modify the same thing, one drops all of the -mente...

Forum: Grammar August 22, 2024, 11:27 AM

Replies: 2 No quería que se fuera sin habernos despedido Views: 2,621 Posted By wrholt In this context, I read "sin habernos despedido"... In this context, I read "sin habernos despedido" as referring to the author and his father. While the text you quote does mention the author's brothers, the text is about the author's father and the...

Forum: Vocabulary July 06, 2024, 09:02 PM

Replies: 2 La camisa negra Views: 4,298 Posted By wrholt In the context of the word "negro/negra" and any... In the context of the word "negro/negra" and any other word that has the sequence vowel-/g/-/r/, in most varieties of Spanish the /g/ is pronounced as a voiced fricative: usually the back of the...

Forum: Vocabulary June 28, 2024, 09:42 PM

Replies: 3 Ye Views: 5,112 Posted By wrholt Several centuries ago the word "the" was commonly... Several centuries ago the word "the" was commonly written as "þe", using a character called "thorn" (written Þ in uppercase and þ in lowercase). This letter is still in active use in some languages,...

Forum: Grammar March 19, 2024, 04:07 PM

Replies: 5 Split by, split on Views: 3,789 Posted By wrholt My proofreading wasn't that great when I stopped... My proofreading wasn't that great when I stopped working on a previous reply: I meant to say "differences of preposition usage". That's what I get for writing responses after staying up longer than I...

Forum: Grammar March 16, 2024, 10:28 PM

Replies: 5 Split by, split on Views: 3,789 Posted By wrholt "Split a string by words" doesn't sound as... "Split a string by words" doesn't sound as natural to me as "split a string into words". "Split a string into words" describes the end result of splitting a string. "Split a string by words"...

Forum: Grammar March 15, 2024, 06:54 PM

Replies: 5 Split by, split on Views: 3,789 Posted By wrholt I would say that I split the string on spaces (or... I would say that I split the string on spaces (or at spaces)* in order to split it into words, but only when talking about strings that are similar to your example string, which contains only...

Forum: Vocabulary November 04, 2023, 12:47 AM

Replies: 3 "corría por parte" Views: 3,498 Posted By wrholt I haven't found anything specific about the... I haven't found anything specific about the expression "correr por parte de", but based on the context I think one could translate the phrase "su traslado desde Santiago hasta la finca corría por...

Forum: Grammar October 16, 2023, 11:32 PM

Replies: 2 Correr con la cuenta Views: 2,876 Posted By wrholt From my web searches, it looks like correr con la... From my web searches, it looks like correr con la cuenta means "to take responsbility for something" or "bear the cost of something". In the context of being at a bar in the US, a possible equivalent...

Forum: Vocabulary September 14, 2023, 11:06 PM

Replies: 4 Is this lady saying mas juerte? Views: 2,865 Posted By wrholt Yes, to me it sounds like she says "más juerte".... Yes, to me it sounds like she says "más juerte". However, I also assume that her intended meaning is "más fuerte". It may be part of her non-native accent: the news report states that her first...

Forum: Translations September 03, 2023, 10:22 AM

Replies: 2 El que no se embarra no goza Views: 4,692 Posted By wrholt Typical equivalents in English of the relative... Typical equivalents in English of the relative pronouns el/la/los/las/lo que include "that which...", "he/she/they/those that/who..." and "the one/ones that/who...". These pronouns have gender and...

Forum: Grammar August 26, 2023, 09:47 PM

Replies: 11 Help with use of se ve Views: 6,118 Posted By wrholt Yes, the 'personal a' here is correct. When the... Yes, the 'personal a' here is correct. When the direct object is a known or identifiable person or personified thing using 'personal a' is generally required.

Forum: Grammar August 21, 2023, 12:01 AM

Replies: 1 What does the "se las" mean in this paragraph? Views: 1,903 Posted By wrholt The verb ingeniar, the expression ingeniárselas,... The verb ingeniar, the expression ingeniárselas, and the expression ingeniárselas para mean different things: they are not interchangeable. ingeniar = invent, devise, think up, come up with...

Forum: Grammar August 10, 2023, 03:21 PM

Replies: 9 No se te pasó Views: 3,828 Posted By wrholt No, this is a different usage that is typically... No, this is a different usage that is typically called "no fault se" or "accidental se" in English. This pattern is often used with several verbs. If you search "no fault se" in the forums here in...

Forum: Vocabulary August 03, 2023, 03:12 PM

Replies: 2 He aquí Views: 3,242 Posted By wrholt He aquí can also mean "here is", as in your... He aquí can also mean "here is", as in your sentence from El Conjugador. It is used in modern Spanish, and I think it is used more often in contexts where some degree of formal language is...

Forum: Grammar July 19, 2023, 11:40 PM

Replies: 2 A couple questions about this passage. Views: 3,505 Posted By wrholt This is an interesting passage, and I hope that... This is an interesting passage, and I hope that AdA or another native speaker offers their opinion. However, I perceive the sentence in question as describing Pascal's behavior during the period of...

Forum: Grammar July 16, 2023, 05:57 AM

Replies: 7 What tense is "fuera" here? Views: 4,007 Posted By wrholt Something else to consider about your original... Something else to consider about your original English text, "I would agree if the plot was more complex." When I was in high school in the US during the 1970s, my English teacher would have...

Forum: Introductions June 26, 2023, 05:45 PM

Replies: 3 Just joined Views: 7,393 Posted By wrholt Welcome to the forums! Welcome to the forums!

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