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I'm an engineering professor who has many bilingual students. I'm learning Spanish to be able to communicate with them better and plan to travel or live in Mexico. I enjoy photography and bicycle riding. I struggle to learn a new language and feel like an idiot when trying to communicate in Spanish. I get very embarrassed and I'm seeking an understanding partner or teacher who won't embarrass me. I would appreciate someone near my age, but that's a preference and not a requirement.
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    Like any language, some things are grammatical and some are stylistic. I'll highlight grammar corrections in yellow and stylistic suggestions in blue but it's very understandable.

    Guess the town...

    In this city, there are <s style="background-color: rgb(204, 224, 245);">a lot of</s> many ancient towers, but only two <s style="background-color: rgb(204, 224, 245);">of them</s> are very famous. One is taller than the other one that is <s style="background-color: rgb(204, 224, 245);">crooked</s> leaning(?). Nobody knows how the crooked tower can stay <s style="background-color: rgb(204, 224, 245);">on</s> up(?).
    In the town there <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">also</s> are several paths under arcades, so people can walk without umbrella even if it rains.
    The most ancient <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">e</s>European university is <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">situatued</s> situated here and a lot of young boys and girls from all over the world come here every year to study Law, Linguistics, Medicine, History, etc.
    If you want to eat good pasta this is the place for you! <s style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">b</s>But citizens could offer you delicious ham too.
    There is also another peculiar characteristic in this town... oh, sorry not "in" town but under the city. Some little rivers float under the streets of the centre (American spelling is center). In certain periods it's possible sailing little rafts.
    Have you guessed the name of this town?
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    July 17, 2020
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    Hola Jhoseline,

    Soy Jim y estoy estudiando español. Soy hablante nativo de inglés y te puedo ayudar con tu inglés. Quiero un compañero de práctica hablando español conmigo. Si puedes estar un compañero, envías un mensaje por favor.

    Soy profesor de ingeniería en Arizona.

    Trataré tu enlace de google.

    Jim
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    July 11, 2020
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  • Commented
    I don't think most people are hard-core racists, but our environment shapes us. A three-year-old will gravitate to another three-year-old, whether red, yellow, black, or white or speaks another language, etc. Our parents, teachers, relatives teach us all the -isms. When I was about 9, I recall watching television and seeing the fire hoses turned on peaceful black protesters. I thought how cruel that was, and that image was burned into my brain. The 1860s image of "whipped Peter" fueled abolitionist sentiments back then. Compassionate people reject the teachings of their elders. 

    As a teenager, I dated a Japanese girl, and my mother pulled me aside to give me the "white boy" speech. She said, "Now, Jimmy, you know that birds of a feather flock together. Right?" We owned a parakeet, and I knew this was a metaphor for racism. I replied, "Yea, mom, and parakeets come in yellow, blue, green, and white." She said, "No, no - that's not what I meant." I said, "Mom, I know what you meant, you're telling me not to date my Japanese girlfriend, and I don't buy that."

    Even though I rejected racism in principle, I was an uninformed, insensitive, offensive youth. It takes a while to unlearn that - if ever. So be kind to people who are insensitive or offensive. Often their heart is in the right place, but their mouth isn't. If approached with hostility, a person may become embarrassed, defensive, and could become polarized into a racist stance. Gently and privately pointing out that something is offensive will probably work to correct most people. 

    I hope this may give you some insight,

    A recovering racist,

    Jim

    PS - I'll practice English with you. I want to practice Spanish if you know somebody who can help with that.

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    July 11, 2020
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  • Answered
    Your sentence is grammatically correct. The issues others raise are points of style that make your writing more appealing to a reader.
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    July 9, 2020
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    I don't hear this phrase very often. What is the entire context?
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    July 9, 2020
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    I like the first sentence, but I would use commas and not parentheses to offset "offered by the dream-work." People tend to ignore items in parentheses and are less likely to do so if you use commas. Also, nonsense isn't hyphenated.
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    July 8, 2020
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  • Commented
    And I would like a Spanish language partner to practice with.
    Y me gustaría practicar con un socio de la lengua española. ¿Te interesa? Te puedo ayudar con el inglés y me puedes ayudar con el español.
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    July 8, 2020
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  • Answered
    It's not a conditional - it's third-person singular past tense. Most conditionals use "if" in the sentence, but "when" can be in a conditional. For example, "when he turns 50, he will learn to play tennis." Conditionals require a condition or hypothetical situation and a result. An adult won't start playing tennis when they are younger unless they travel in a TARDIS. OK, I'm a Whovian, a time-traveling "Doctor Who" fan. Note that the spelling is "tennis."
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    June 29, 2020
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    "smoothing" looks like the closest answer. "Ironing" or "stretching" don't fit at all. Flattening is very close, and some English speakers may say "flattening" instead of "smoothing." In my opinion, "smoothing" is the best choice.
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    June 29, 2020
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