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Acerca de cómo las palabras están organizadas y arregladas para formar frases y oraciones. // About how words are ordered and arranged to form phrases and sentences.

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Colon and semi-colon sentence structure

I have not seen a semi-colon used in Spanish writing and I'm wondering whether it can be directly used under the rules of English grammar. Consider the following sentence for example. The vaccine is ...
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splitting a proverb/refrain

In English, we regularly split proverbs or refrains, at least in Ireland. What I mean by this is: Variety, as they say, is the spice of life. Or A bird in the hand, it is often said is worth two in ...
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Explicando la sintaxis en "no es mucho provoque"

Según adiviné, "no es mucho provoque" significa "no falta mucho más para que provocase", por exemplo en la siguinte cita de Cuestiones de Mística del p. Gonzalez Arintero (nota 1 ...
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'Ahí hay un auto' duda sobre construcciones sintácticas

En base a una pregunta reciente que vi, relacionada al uso de las palabras hay y allí, intenté imaginar todos los posibles usos que podrían tener ambas estando juntas en una oración. Al cabo de un ...
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"Los culpables son ellos", duda sobre análisis sintáctico

Mientras estaba consultando un sitio de la RAE por una duda sobre los pronombres tónicos, me surge una duda aún mayor cuando encuentro lo siguiente: Los pronombres personales tónicos son aquellos que ...
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"Para distinguir los comentarios del código", anfibología y ambigüedad en frases

Les traigo una duda que surgió a raíz de una pregunta que tuve que responder en un examen sobre programación hace algún tiempo. Era de opción múltiple, solo recuerdo la "pregunta" y la ...
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"Pero te veo igual."

I saw this sentence: "Pero yo a ti te veo igual." Assuming that's correct, would the following be correct? Would it have the same meaning? "Pero te veo igual."
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Omission of complements: cases where this is not allowed? (question about reddit Spanish wiki)

The reddit r/learnspanish wiki has a section called "Omission of Complements." It discusses differences in meaning or emphasis between pairs of sentences like the following: Me castigaron. /...
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How can I rearrange this sentence? "Dependo de mi novio

I think this is a correct sentence: Dependo de mi novio. If that's correct, then I'm wondering how I can "rearrange" this sentence using different word order and pronouns. For example, ...
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Using indirect object pronouns in sentences with direct objects

It seems like object pronouns can be a hard topic for native English-speakers and there are a lot of questions on here about it. I'm looking through those but I haven't quite found my answer yet. I'm ...
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¿«Todo está bien» or «está bien todo»?

Google translates «everything is fine» as «está bien todo». But should it not be «todo está bien»? If both are correct, what’s the difference? It translates past as «todo estuvo bien» and future as «...
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¿Puedo hacerte una pregunta?

I know this means, Can I ask you a question, but why. Puedo - Can i Hacerte = make you Una pregunta - a question. So this really translates to = Can I make you a question? Why is it read - Can I ask ...
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The placement of a preposition in a cleft sentence

I came across this sentence while reading Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Gabriel García Márquez. Con lo único que no contó la familia fue con los encantos irresistibles de Bayardo San Román. ...
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Puede "si" ser el nexo de una oración subordinada sustantiva?

Estaba intendo analizar: "El problema es si llueve". Siguiendo un analisis similar a este https://sintaxis.org/oracion-compuesta/subordinadas/sustantivas/atributo/, "el problema" ...
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Sentence Structure

I was reading a simple story for Spanish beginners. There was a sentence which read, "A las 8 comienzan a abrir las tiendas." I interpreted it as, "At 8 am, they start to open their ...
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