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Culture Documents
1. Different to
Similar TO Different FROM
Near TO Far FROM
Sell TO Buy FROM
Give TO Take FROM
Also, Groups of Islands use THE. The Balearics, The Canaries, The Bahamas, The Cayman Islands
7. RELAX is usually intransitive. So you don’t need to say WHO we relax (e.g. relax yourself) to
communicate ‘relajarse’
8. BOTH…..AND
• If you are saying the subject does 2 Verbs Put BOTH/AND before the Main verbs
The atmosphere was BOTH relaxing AND exciting at the same time
• If you are saying the verb is applied to 2 Objects put BOTH/AND before the objects
Do not use more than one BOTH/ND combination ia singles sentence. Don’t abuse
• You can also use’ EITHER’ at the end of a sentence which refers to another, previous and negative
sentence
• KNOW implies already being familiar with a PERSON or a PPLACE. Or being familiar with a fact
Do you know John? Yes, I‘ve known him since we were kids
• GET TO KNOW / LEARN ABOUT refers to the process of becoming familiar with people and places
John is a little strange but when you get to know him, he’s quite a nice guy
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Correct: A famous elegant AND moderately-sized hotel
Things which might be subjective go first
12.Outdoor/Indoor – Outdoors/Indoors
Outdoors/Indoors are ADVERBS /PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
Outdoor/indoor are adjectives used before nouns
If the adjective is already extreme (can’t be more or less) then we have to use a non-gradable adverb
Gradable adverbs describe gradable adjectives and non-gradable adverbs describe non-gradable adjetives.
DON’T MIX THEM