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thus declaring itself the Republic of Paraguay in 1813

The bot offers two possibilities:

1  .. proclamando así  la República del Paraguay en 1813.

2  .. proclamándose de este modo la República del Paraguay en 1813.

I put ... proclamándose así la República del Paraguay en 1813. which was marked as an error.

Is there a difference in usage between  'así´ and  'de este modo'

Also, why is it la República del Paraguay  but  la República de Argentina ?

Gracias

I'm reassured to see that even Mexican reporters sometimes conjugate their verbs incorrectly.

This triggers subjunctive. may i ask if this is because this sentence is asking for advice?

Because i remember that only negative construction of opinions will trigger subjunctive, for example i dont think that = no creo que.. 

or is this understanding of mine wrong too?

thanks

I think there might be a correction to the English is this sentence:  

I've just seen the singer who they gave a prize last year.

I believe it should say:

I've just seen the singer to whom they gave a prize last year.

I don't want to quibble about details with native teachers but I was puzzled by the tip box at the bottom of this lesson saying "Remember that after poder(conjugated in any tense) you will always find an infinitive. "

I'm unsure what to make of this given that I have not always found an infinitive after poder. The example that immediately came to mind was "No puedo más." Which I stuck out in my mind precisely because  I found it odd that "puedo" was NOT followed by another verb.

'Padre'= cool, great, nice.

¡Ese es otro adjetivo padre que no conocía hasta que hoy!

¡Gracias Silvia! :)) 

Feliz Pascua a ti y a todo el equipo.

why would there be accent on vosotros form sometimes and sometimes not?

Why was there no translation for "Venir a cuento" (To come to the point) , "San Ginés" (Saint Genesius), "El asilo del libro" (the Book Asylum) and "Tusitala? Do the choice of names for the librerías have no relevance? It might be of value to know why such names were chosen. Ej:

¿Qué significa Tusitala?, La Librería dice, "nos preguntáis con frecuencia: Tusitala significa "el que cuenta historias", es el nombre que los nativos de Samoa daban a Robert Louis Stevenson cuando se reunían con él para escuchar sus cuentos.
En la librería Tusitala siempre dedicamos un espacio al escritor escocés, que ahora se amplía con 'Olalla', novela ambientada en España y que ha recuperado Ediciones Invisibles. Una joya de la narrativa que os recomendamos encarecidamente."

Interesting, no?

Hi, being back after a few months, I noticed that all example sentences use indicative mood, while the one in the lessons was in subjunctive:

De habérmelo explicado antes, no me hubiera enfadado tanto.

Why isn't this conditional, ... no me habría enfadado tanto?