Use of English
Construcciones, errores comunes, y otras notas acerca del uso correcto del Inglés, sobre todo aquellas en las que cometo errores.
Errores comunes
quite much, no, porque quite es comparativo, lo correcto es quite as much.
quite more, no, porque igual que antes, quite es comparativo, lo correcto es quite a lot more o quite a bit more. Obviamente con less ocurre igual.
think(ing) in, evitarlo, no es correcta, lo correcto es think(ing) about.
advice is plural: I'm going to give you some advice.
people is plural: People are doing a lot of stupid things nowadays.
fish is plural: You don't want to mess with the big fish.
concentrated es para cosas: this juice is very concentrated.
concentrating es una actividad humana: I don't want to receive phone calls, I'll be concentrating.
Hay que negar siempre al principio: I think I don't ... no, lo correcto es I don't think I ...
trip es un nombre mientras que travel es verbo.
Uso
Between y among
Between se usa: para puntos físicos, coordenadas, lugares, tiempos, cuando es entre algo y otros 2 o al menos una cifra determinada.
- between you and me
- between now and next month
- Andorra is between France and Spain
Among se usa cuando la cantidad es indeterminada.
- it is good to be among friends
- wood carving is among my hobbies
Clue y hint
En negativo solo se usa clue: don't have a clue.
En positivo son sinónimos: give a clue|hint
Hint es también un verbo, clue no.
Expressing skepticism
I highly doubt it.
All the evidence suggests otherwise.
I am (really/very) sceptical about that.
I have (big) doubts about that.