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Hola, en el frase "Gregorio Rojo fue su primer entrenador", por que no es "era"?

Muchas gracias,

Dorit

I know that the rule is to use sino que when there is a different conjugated verb in the second clause after sino.  If it is the same verb, we don't need to use it at all: Juan no bebía vino sino ron.   But what if we decide to include the verb?  Then do we use sino que (even though it is not a different verb?). Juan no bebía vino sino que ron.

I would appreciate your help on this one.

In the question"Pablo doesn't like surprise parties" isn't "surprise" an adjective and so the translation would be "Pablo no le gustan las fiestas sorpresas (in the plural).   I know this is not related to the lesson but ...

Dear Kwizteam,

I noticed that this construction places a comma before 'que' but not before 'porque'.  In English, if the subordinate clause follows the independent clause, there is no comma.  In Spanish, does this depend on the type of subordinate conjunction used?

Regards.