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    Hola a todos! Hablo español como idioma nativo e inglés como segundo idioma. Me gustaría hablar con un language partner que quiera enseñarme italiano, yo puedo practicar inglés o español como intercambio. Puedo enseñarte inglés si eres aprendiz intermedio y puedo indicarte muchos modismos del idioma español, específicamente de mi país de origen, Colombia Escribeme, saludos!! Hi everyone! I speak Spanish as my native language and English as a second language. I´d like to speak with a language partner that wants to teach me Italian, I can practice English or Spanish as a compensation. I can teach you English if you are intermediate learner and show you some idioms from Spanish language, specifically the country I'm originally from, Colombia. Text me!!
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    Thank you... I really appreciate your comments.

    The spoken language vs. what is considered grammatically correct is an interesting discussion... almost incredibly endless but fantastic!!!

    Su.Ki., SHL and Tempus, you have a great amount of valious information to contribute to the learners. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being here!

    Thanks for the corrections too :)

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    Thank you to all of you for your explanations

     

    I can say, in short, that "had better" is correct grammatically, and expresses advice/suggestion for a specific situation which needs to be done.

    There are other speaking, daily or "natural" uses:

    -  "It would better that italki users give more context to many of their questions."  by John´s example. This example provides advice and it´s supposed to be: 

    It had better that Italki users give more context...

    -  "You better  listen to Julie or you will get hit by a car" by Brian. It should be: 

    You had better listen to Julie or...

    - "It would be better if guns turned to roses...". It includes be so, it´s not an advisable action.

    it refers to the modal would

    ........

    I tried to understand the origin of "would better" which is easier for me now.

    Thank you again for the complete information all of you gave for this question





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    October 17, 2018
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    Is the use of "would better" correct grammatically?

    Hello everyone!

    I´ve been searching about the use of "would better" in a formal way, but I didn´t get enough information.

    From some sources, "had better" is the only correct form to give advice/suggestion for a specific situation, to prevent negative results, and it is recognized as formal.

    But, it seems "would better" is kind of informal, but I also found "would better" on this website: http://context.reverso.net/traduccion/ingles-espanol/would+better ;


    Does anyone know if "would better" is formally recognized ? or if any Cambridge or Oxford book has mentioned it?

    Thank you very much


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    I'm starting my stady studies in english, it's my frist  first entry  for the comunity. Please help me to improve my english. You can help me by sending types, exmples examples or whatever. So, can you help me? Thank you to fix for modifing it and help me to improve!
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    In concluding, English is easier because of its high degree of exposure in the world, and because the majority of its speakers have been involved with the language since they were kids. They have forgotten how hard was to learn.

    I can tell you one reason more of English is easier. As many Spanish learners of 

    English know, English doesn´t require verb conjugation when using simple past , past participle, continuous future, etc., as we do in Spanish. Besides, there are more verbal tenses in Spanish than in English, and there are no different male/female adjective as we (spanish speakers) have. 

    I actually don´t know others languages,  only these points are enough for me to say English is easier.


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    Expressions in the office Here I wanted to compose examples for these frecuent idioms in the office. I dont actually know which of them are understandable in each spoken english country, but I tried to practice with them. I hope to receive some corrections o suggestions, Many thanks 1. To be on the same page: The director needs the architect and civil engineer´s plans be on the same page, so that the clients don’t feel any contradiction in the explanation. 2. To be up to scratch: The new assistant seems to be very smart. Surely she will be up to scratch in a few days. 3. By the book: Human resource department has a mistake in the operator profile. They are prefering creative personalities than workers who develop the job by the book. 4. Cut corners: If the cashier is doing things to cut corners, he will not be long time in the company 5. Cut throat: The cut throat tourism world is regularly putting new rules and normativities to follow for keeping the high standard of the services. 6. The elephant in the room: Nobody is brave to say the trades inside the political movements. This is the elephant in the room. 7. The interview was a glass ceiling for the women candidates (any suggestions for it?) 8. To learn the ropes: (any suggestions for it?)
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