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Forum: Grammar December 20, 2011, 05:53 AM
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Posted By pacomartin123
Thank you for the corrections. I should have read...

Thank you for the corrections. I should have read the entire thread first.

Pedantically, it helps the student to understand that the English verb "to be", and it's accidents "am,are,is,was,were,...
Forum: Grammar December 19, 2011, 09:26 PM
Replies: 105
Views: 322,859
Posted By pacomartin123
Tomasimo, The English verb "to be" is by far...

Tomasimo,
The English verb "to be" is by far the most commonly used verb (roughly 1 in 4 times when we say a verb it is a conjugation of "to be") and also by far the most irregular verb in the...
Forum: Grammar December 19, 2011, 08:49 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,765
Posted By pacomartin123
Impersonal "se"

Can you please look at this short website: The Impersonal and Passive se in Spanish (http://www.drlemon.com/Grammar/impersonal.html)

The website makes the statement: Impersonal voice using se...
Forum: Grammar December 19, 2011, 01:51 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,765
Posted By pacomartin123
Thank you Rusty. I was looking for a valid...

Thank you Rusty. I was looking for a valid grammatical reason. I see that the impersonal plural does not use the word 'se'.

Dicen que la pizza vegetariana es saludosa.

As to the English...
Forum: Culture December 19, 2011, 01:35 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 21,446
Posted By pacomartin123
Get in BrE and AmE

When comparing British English (BrE) to American English (AmE) people tend to concentrate on the phrases that are vulgar in one dialect, and not vulgar in the other. The phrases "knock me up" and the...
Forum: Grammar December 19, 2011, 12:55 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,765
Posted By pacomartin123
One can see many stars

I am receiving advice on other forums that I don't think is correct.

The English phrase "One can see many stars" would be translated as:
"uno puede ver muchas estrellas".

But I am told that...
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