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SPANISH GRAMMAR (Portuguese and Italian students also make these mistakes, but I see it most often with people who speak Spanish) 1. one M or two Ms? comercial commercial Which is correct? 2. too many commas LOOK at this reply to a question: What kind of clothes do you wear? ............................................................................................................. I wear almost always pants and different shirts and t-shirts, of different colors, I don’t like wear only one color, like certain type of people that wear only black, white and gray, I like the colors, I like to dress like I feel that day. ============================ CORRECTIONS I wear almost always pants and different shirts and t-shirts, of different colors. I don’t like to wear only one color, like certain types of people that wear only black, white and gray. I like the colors, so I like to dress like I feel that day. ADVICE: Stop after 10 or 14 words. CORRECTION: First, slow down. Stop the sentence. After 10 words, stop. ALSO: you need to say "to" after "like" I don’t like wear only one color RIGHT: I don’t like TO wear only one color ============================================================================================ 3. My favorites chairs CORRECTION: my favorite chair. DO NOT add "s" to the plural's noun 4. My chair favorite CORRECTION: my favorite chair. Put the NOUN (thing) at the end. 5. You forget to use "-ing"... and "it" WRONG -- When I use the Internet, is for search some information, so I go to yahoo searcher, or directly to the page of institution or enterprice that I need. ============ CORRECTION When I use the Internet, it is for searching some information, so I go to yahoo searcher, or directly to the page of the institution or enterprize that I need. ============== 6. You mix up COUNTABLE (many, few) with UNCOUNTABLE (much, little) many chairs much furniture a few chairs (bananas, cars, a little furniture (information, traffic, water, air, fruit) WRONG I don’t have many time to visit sites on the web. CORRECTIONS I don’t have MUCH time to visit sites on the web or I don't have many hours to visit sites on the web. ------------------------------------------------ ................................................................................................................................................................................................. NOW we will continue with some interesting new words Edith and Constanza created a list of words that they didn't know. This list will be helpful to many students. ================================================================================ A message from Constanza: "I am starting in the Art Institute and for sure I'm going to learn a lot of new vocabulary related to delicious recipes so when I learn a little bit I will send you another e-mail." CONSTANZA. ================================================================================ Anger-angry I am angry. I am filled with anger. he is an angry man. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== arrange- You can arrange flowers,books,furniture ======================================================================================================================================================================================== arrange -put in order I will arrange the glasses. I will make an arrangement of the glasses. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== Branch- the arm of a tree. A branch office is NOT the main office. There is one central office and many branch offices. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== Brunch-on sundays you have it .... usualy between breakfast and lunch, about 10:30 a.m. bunch-of flowers lunch = between breakfast and dinner. ================================================================================================================================================= chart-weather chart ================================================================================================================================================= chick-nice a small chicken. If you are "chic", you are sophisticated. (It is French = it is very chic to spend your summer on Cape Cod near Boston.) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== chord-to strike a chord(with) music .groupe of notes ======================================================================================================================================================================================== crese,deliberate-in shirt pliegue crease = the fold on your shirt or your pants. creas = fold. I will crease this paper. I will put a crease in the paper (fold) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== crop The crop of corn is ready. (the group of corn) I will crop his hair tomorrow (cut it quickly) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== Crop-When something grew up. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== folded-to fold one's arms ======================================================================================================================================================================================== gather-collect To gather together I will go to the classroom and gather all the materials I left. ..................................................... Gather == Please gather your books before you leave. (put the books in a group, pick up the books) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== log of wood. (a dead tree)... When you sleep very quietly, without moving, you sleep like a log (like a dead tree) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== pose-position ======================================================================================================================================================================================== range-to be out of/within range, scale ======================================================================================================================================================================================== soil-earth ======================================================================================================================================================================================== steam-the water steams when you boiled it path-way ahead ======================================================================================================================================================================================== suffix-Ending ======================================================================================================================================================================================== That's all Steve. See you on Monday Constanza Melo Thank you for visiting my page at Angelfire. Please come back and visit again! ================================================================================================================================== Beatriz gave us the names of important elements that we use everyday. Na = sodium = salt = sodium chloride SO di um KLO ride ================================================================================================================================== O = oxygen = OX iii dgen ================================================================================================================================== H2O = water ================================================================================================================================== N = nitrogen = NAI tro gen ================================================================================================================================== S= sulfur = sulfuric acid H2SO4 ================================================================================================================================== C = Carbon In the barbecue, we use charcoal "tCHAR coal" ================================================================================================================================== Fe = Iron "AI errrn" (similar to FERRO carril, ferrum = iron) ================================================================================================================================== Beatriz, what are the other elements that you talked about? Anger-angry I am angry. I am filled with anger. he is an angry man. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== arrange- You can arrange flowers,books,furniture ======================================================================================================================================================================================== arrange -put in order I will arrange the glasses. I will make an arrangement of the glasses. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== Branch- the arm of a tree. A branch office is NOT the main office. There is one central office and many branch offices. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== Brunch-on sundays you have it .... usualy between breakfast and lunch, about 10:30 a.m. bunch-of flowers lunch = between breakfast and dinner. ================================================================================================================================================= chart-weather chart ================================================================================================================================================= chick-nice a small chicken. If you are "chic", you are sophisticated. (It is French = it is very chic to spend your summer on Cape Cod near Boston.) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== chord-to strike a chord(with) music .groupe of notes ======================================================================================================================================================================================== crese,deliberate-in shirt pliegue crease = the fold on your shirt or your pants. creas = fold. I will crease this paper. I will put a crease in the paper (fold) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== crop The crop of corn is ready. (the group of corn) I will crop his hair tomorrow (cut it quickly) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== Crop-When something grew up. ======================================================================================================================================================================================== folded-to fold one's arms ======================================================================================================================================================================================== gather-collect To gather together I will go to the classroom and gather all the materials I left. ..................................................... Gather == Please gather your books before you leave. (put the books in a group, pick up the books) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== log of wood. (a dead tree)... When you sleep very quietly, without moving, you sleep like a log (like a dead tree) ======================================================================================================================================================================================== pose-position ======================================================================================================================================================================================== range-to be out of/within range, scale ======================================================================================================================================================================================== soil-earth ======================================================================================================================================================================================== steam-the water steams when you boiled it path-way ahead ======================================================================================================================================================================================== suffix-Ending ======================================================================================================================================================================================== That's all Steve. See you on Monday Constanza Melo Thank you for visiting my page at Angelfire. Please come back and visit again! ================================================================================================================================== ELEMENTS from CHEMISTRY............. The pronunciation is like Spanish sounds..... Beatriz gave us the names of important elements that we use everyday........... Na = sodium = salt = sodium chloride.......... SO di um KLO ride ================================================================================================================================== O = oxygen = OX iii dgen............ ================================================================================================================================== H2O = water.............. ================================================================================================================================== N = nitrogen = NAI tro gen (it is in fertilizers and it is 80% of our atmosphere)................. ================================================================================================================================== S= sulfur = sulfuric acid H2SO4............... ================================================================================================================================== C = Carbon................ In the barbecue, we use charcoal "tCHAR coal"........... ================================================================================================================================== Fe = Iron "AI errrn" (similar to FERRO carril, ferrum = iron)............. ================================================================================================================================== He = helium ("HIIII lii um") like "see see sun" ............... ============================================================================================================================= U == uranium = "iu REEEIIII nii um"........... ==================================================================================================== Beatriz, what are the other elements that you talked about? ============================================================================================================================================= More words from Constanza: ...................................... Auction: bidding (subasta) ................................... Bitter:grieved (amargo) ................................... boast: to presume. ........................................ Coax:gratification (halagar) ................................... Entitled: to have the right. .................................. grieving: sad,to afflict (afligir apenado)............................. Humble: something that is poor. (It's a hard word).......................... Roam: wandering, vagabond, vague........................... Shocked; scandalous, to offend........................ Shove:To push hard. He shoved me and I fell into the pool......................... Source: at the beginning. Is that correct? YES ................................ Stride: long stride (zancada) ................................. Whopping: very big, like a big lie. (a whopping lie)................................ /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Comments by a student from Brazil: Some of these definitions sound strange to me. Maybe they are too simple definitions and may lead to misundertanding. ................[REPLY BY STEVE: You are right....... some are very simple]............... Some of which I don't agree are: Humble (not vain, for a person; or "something" poor, not someone) [REPLY: Yes, usually it is a poor house or humble house. A humble person is not vain.] .......................... and shove (a rough push)..................................... In regard to the word grieve, I have problems with the pronoums and prepositions that follow it. It's more a usage problem. There´s a song which says: "I grieve for you, you'll grieve for me." Is it to cause suffering or to suffer? ...... [REPLY ... grieve = it is close to suffer......... I will be sad for the dead person, I will grieve for the dead person.]
