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"... no solo por su físico, sino también por su personalidad ..." >

> Indeed, my Grammar book (by Butt and Benjamin) actually mentions that "sino" is particularly common after a "No sólo ..." construction; [with a bit of luck, I will remember that in future!]

So, it might be worth adding that^ to your " Difference between pero, sino and sino que in Spanish (but) " ... [together with an example]?

You might also decide to add the above grammar-lesson to the guidelines, notes and hints relevant to this exercise? ... As you say, it is a case of two possible different translations of "but", so English people need to think about it carefully.

Please explain why it was necessary to insert "los" before ojos azules. I have trouble understanding when articles (both definite and indefinite) can be omitted and when they are required in written (and spoken for that matter) Spanish.

Thank you,

Pati Ecuamiga

?Son iguales, no?:

Hace anos iba a esa clase

Hace anos solia ir a esa clase.

Luna, Mar y tú dormiren un hotel de lujo.

Luna, Mar and you preferred to sleep in aluxury hotel.

(HINT: Conjugate the "ustedes" form of "preferir" in El Pretérito Indefinido)

x prefirieron

preferieron

kwiziq says prefirieron is incorrect and that it should be preferieron, but the lesson and internet says otherwise. 

In the last sentence, why was it not appropriate to use "cualquiera" for the word "any"?

Thank you

Pati Ecuamiga

Hello,

I have these sentences from the exercise:

1. In addition, they improve colds.   Además, mejoran los resfriados 

2. They have vitamins and minerals.  y tienen vitaminas y minerales

In sentence 1, though the English is 'colds' (without the article), the Spanish sentence has los resfriados

In sentence 2, both the English and Spanish do NOT have the articles.

Is there a rule for when to use the articles? Can you point me to some info?

Thank you

Amrutha

Do we also use a zero article when talking about other fundamental aspects of who we are? I am thinking of things like gender (I'm a woman; I'm a man) or familial identity (I'm a mom; I'm an uncle).

Que tiene que tener un DNI para poder votar?     

Hola! Yo tengo una pregunta- agua is feminine but the sentence says “el agua es clara”. Is this an exception? Are there others like this? Thank you!