Ladies and Gentlemen

[CrOtALiTo]

Today I want celebrate my post number one thousand, I leave me tell you that during all these last months, I have worked so hard in learn this language very beautiful, and I hoped this moment with a lot enthusiasm, because today already I can to put something under my nick, and really this effort meaning only a thing, and it meaning my effort during all these months and with your help, thanks to god that I found friends as all you, and today I only can give you the thanks.

[Rusty]

Congratulations!
Congrats!
¡Te felicito!

In honor of your 1000th (one thousandth) post, I'll take a moment to say that your English has improved. Writing one thousand posts, almost all of them in English, has certainly helped! Keep on posting!

[sosia]

Felicidades, Crotalito

[poli]

I agree with Rusty. Your English is better. Keep paying (continue to pay) attention to your corrections as you have in the past, and you will even get better. Felicidades.

[deborahj]

Hello Jorge,

I just wanted to say congratulations on you're 1000 posts. You have worked very hard. Well done!!!

Kind regards
Debbie

[Tomisimo]

Muchas felicidades! - Good job!

[Elaina]

¡Felicidades! Todos nosotros hemos notado el cambio o mejor dicho el mejoramiento en tu inglés, ¿lo has notado tú?

UUUUYYYY.........MR. SAPPHIRE

[CrOtALiTo]

Well done for me, Yes Elaina I have checked my change when I'm posting, it an of the changes is that I can to write faster, I don't need to think a lot time already, only I have a problem sometimes I forget the words in English and I need find them again, but I don't worry for that, because during all these months, the dictionary of Tomisimo has helped me, well, sometime I'm awfully distracted and well, it does not change by now, well I'm grateful with all you for your good wish to me, I hope continue enjoying to the website with all my friends of divers countries.

[Rusty]

Divers is an old word which is seldom used in current speech. You'll find it in the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, but hardly anywhere else.

The current spelling is diverse (and it has a different pronunciation). You could also use various or several instead of diverse. Sundry is also a synonym, but it sounds antiquated, too.

[CrOtALiTo]

Well, but I feel that is more comfortable for me the words drivers, and I feel strange because, I have used a word a lot old in your speech, but Do I can continue using that word?, or it's necessary change.

[Elaina]

I think we all need to change with the times......if a word is too old to use and Rusty is kind enough to suggest a new one, then maybe you should use the new one.

When one speaks a language, whether it is your native tongue or not, you are sending a message and you want that message to be understood by everyone. Sure you can use the words you want to use but know that there are options and some are better than others.

My

[Rusty]

Look at this phrase from the KJV Bible:
"... earthquakes in divers places."

Do a search on "in divers places." You'll get ~170,000 hits. That seems like a lot, but most of those come from the KJV Bible. The KJV Bible uses English that is almost 400 years old. Here, divers means "many" or "various." Do the same search on "in many places," and you'll see how much more common it is.

There are over 400 words used in the KJV Bible that the average modern reader cannot understand without using a dictionary. Divers is one of those words.
I wouldn't use it, if I were you.

[CrOtALiTo]

I understand you, Rusty, and I have that change the word drivers for sundry, I think that the word Sundry is more pretty jijijijj, don´t worry I will try to do better my English.

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I understand you, Rusty, and I have that change the word drivers for sundry, I think that the word Sundry is more pretty jijijijj, don´t worry I will try to do better my English.

Just use "different"

...with all my friends of divers countries
...with all my friends in different countries

[sosia]

In Spain, is very common to use "diverso/s" as "divers".
Crotalito only looks for similar words.
For example, you can usually use "graveyard" or "churchyard", but the spaniards prefers "cemetery", more near to his own "cementerio"
saludos

[Rusty]

Diverse is OK to use. This is a synonym of different, and is a word both languages share (same Latin source).

Divers, without the final e, is an outdated word.

[CrOtALiTo]

Already started to use sundry instead of divers.

[sosia]

Diverse is OK to use. This is a synonym of different, and is a word both languages share (same Latin source).

Divers, without the final e, is an outdated word.

Oooh, good to know. No idea it was a different word

[Jessica]

Good job ^^

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Already started to use sundry instead of divers.

Tomisimo and I both agree that different would be better to use. Sundry, as I said before, is also an antiquated word. People will look at you funny if you use it. Trust us!