Confusing Words

¿Cuántas veces has dudado si decir in, on o at? Queremos compartir con vosotros estas normas básicas que os ayudarán a elegir la preposición correcta sin dudas.

Utilizamos at para las horas y para ciertas expresiones:

at 8,30
at the weekend
at night
at Christmas

Since y for son dos palabras que se suelen confundir pero éstas se utilizan en casos diferentes.

Since va seguido de un punto específico en el pasado. Por ejemplo:

I´ve been living in Spain since 1999

The adjective hard has two different adverbs, and they express opposite meanings. Let’s look.

The adverb hard is used to modify a verb and means that the action is being done very intensely.

The adverb hardly is used to modify a verb and means that the action is not being done very intensely.

Enough y Too son dos palabras que se suelen confundir bastante y que tienen significados diferentes. A continuación os explicamos las diferencias y el uso de estas dos palabras.

There seems to be some confusion between these two words and how to use them correctly.

Let’s take a look.

By Tania Casado. Hoy vamos a hablaros de las diferentes combinaciones de used to. A continuación os las explico con ejemplos: used to + verbo en infinitivo: se utiliza para hablar sobre hábitos en el pasado que ya no se siguen dando. I used to have a dog but it died last month Hay que […]

Fun and Funny are often confused by non-native English speakers. Why is this? Let’s have a look.

Many adjectives have two forms. One ends in ‘ing’ and the other in ‘ed’.

Why is this? Well, the meaning is quite different.