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A/ an is called the indefinite article. It is used to mean any one of a general category.
The is called the definite article. It means something specific.
So:
A cat means any cat.
The cat means a specific cat that we know.
A city could be any city in the world.
The city means a specific city.
A is used when the noun begins with a consonant sound (not necessarily a consonant), and An is used when the noun begins with a vowel sound (not necessarily a vowel). Note that y can be a vowel or a consonant, and sometimes u has a y consonant sound.
Between is used to compare two things.
Among is used to compare three or more.
0 votedFebruary 14, 20140- Minha introdução Olá gente, Meu nome é Nick e sou dos Estados Unidos. Eu moro em Belo Horizonte, Brasil, onde sou professor de inglês. Agora eu tenho sido fora do meu país há um ano e quatro meses. Antes que me mudei para o Brasil eu morei dez meses no Peru, onde aprendi a falar espanhol. Morei na Amazónia, perto do Iquitos por 3 meses e perto do Tarapoto por 6 meses. Trabalhei numa organização que ajuda as pessoas indígenas lá. A gente fez livros bilingues em Quechua e Espanhol cheios de mitos e legendas da cultura lá. Eu inclusivo aprendi um pouco de Quechua, a lengua das Incas e das indígenas do Peru atual. Atualmente eu estou aqui em Belo Horizonte há seis meses já. Eu gosto do Brasil, embora foi difícil ao principio porque eu não falava português quando cheguei. Eu conheci a minha noiva no Peru e ela é brasileira. Vim com ela para cá, sem saber falar português e sem ter muito dinheiro. Foi um decisão um pouco louco, mas deu certo e estou alegre aqui. Em breve a gente vai se casar, e depois de um tempo a gente vai voltar juntos para os estados unidos, porque eu quero fazer um doutorado em psicologia lá. Eu posso falar e entender português mais ou menos agora, mas preciso praticar muito para distinguir entre espanhol e português, e aprender falar num jeito inteligente. Eu gosto muito de compartir ideias e cultura com outras pessoas. Eu acho que escrever é um bom jeito de aprender uma língua também. Eu apreciaria muito se vocês poderiam corrigir meu texto. Obrigado, NickDecember 20, 201320
Introducing myself (or My Introduction)
Hi, my name is Haida and I'm from Brazil. I'm 20 and I'm currently studying to be accepted into the best public local college. It took me a while to decide what I really wanted to do with the rest of my life, but fortunately I feel pretty sure now that I want to study Graphic Design and/or get a degree in Portuguese/English Languages and Literatures, both interest/ stimulate me. In my country - and I believe in most other developing countries - people need to take an exams to enroll in their desired the public colleges that they want to go to. So the whole year of exams must be very dedicated to your studies if you want to be selected among a hundred people.
I have been learning English by myself since I've noticied that it's pretty simple. I'm just starting but sometimes I've already think it's easier to express than my own native language Portuguese. I studied some English at school of course, but It was more like a foundation for learning. My English is pretty based on the online games, musics and films that I've watched. So I think it's time to improve more deeply my knowledge of this language. (:Good job! Here are some corrections. I hope you find them helpful.
Nick
0 votedOctober 8, 20130Diary #5
I made up with a friend today.
(to get along = to be compatible with, to like each other, to make up with = to resolve a problem in a relationship)
I had wanted to or I had been wanting to apologize to him for a long time.(past perfect here or past perfect continuous because the state of wanting lasted for a long time until it was completed (in the past), when you made up with your friend.
And today, i said I was sorry.(reported speech is written in the past tense. Using quotations is correct, but it sounds more natural to say "I said I was sorry" than to say "I said: 'I'm sorry"'
We've started to talk again (in general), or We started to talk again (in that moment).
So I'm very happy now.Good job!
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