They're synonyms ;)

Aprendizaje del español.

Hace unos años empecé a aprender español sola, a través de la música, videos y por el Duolingo. Me quería practicar el habla, pero no tenía con quien hablar, hasta que descubrí Italki. Ahora puedo poner en práctica lo poquito que aprendí.

My favorite writer and my favorite book.

Hello.

My favorite writer has been Edgar Allan Poe since I was a kid (and at the time I didn't read almost anything). I love his tales, the way he tells you a story, the complex language he uses, the darkness in his words and the madness... I love it. My favorite short stories are The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat and Dupin's stories (The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mistery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter). I like his poetry too, particularly the rhythm in his poems, such as The Raven and Annabel Lee; actually, I like all of the ones I've read.

Poe was an important writer, not just in horror as a literary genre, but in others genres like science fiction and noir.

Even though I like Poe's work, my favorite book is from another author: Dostoyevski. The book is Notes From Underground. The main character is an interesting man, someone who is very aware about his flaws and weaknesses. The book gives you a lot to think about. I've read some good novels by Dostoyevski, like Crime and Punishment and Brothers Karamazov, and I found both to be quite long.  Unlike Notes form Underground, which is pretty short in comparison.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Note. Careful with:

- commas

- don't overuse parenthesis

- capital letters

- synthesize your ideas

Good luck and happy learning!

You should start by reading books you've already read in english, that have a simple vocabulary. My suggestion, start with Harry Potter, the Hunger Games or something like that.

Puede ser de los dos

1) when someone swears, like a promise 2) Became friends in that moment 3) If it's a question, you're supposed to say "Is it a sad... ", to think of means just that: thinking about something. 4) Asking someone if they care, or if an action bothers them. 5) meaning any afternoon, not specific 6)kept doing something 7) ? 8) finally

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