Hi Kwiziq experts,
In the phrase "Lo que más me gustó de la gastronomía local fue deleitarme con..." I wrote "Lo que más me gustó de la gastronomía local ERA deleitarme con..." I was marked wrong and corrected "era DELEITARSE con" and I'm not sure why that is. Is it down to whether one uses fue or era in the sentence?
Many thanks
Dee
Hello there Dee ...
The correct answer [given in my full-text printout after completing the exercise] was "Lo que más me gustó de la gastronomía local fue deleitarme con la chipá tradicional"... [not: 'deleitarse']... It is possible, however, that there was an error in the KWIZIQ correction-procedure? [causing it to come up with 'deleitarse' in your particular case].
Regarding the choice of 'fue' - we could say that it is because the speaker was focussing on a specific event. It was not a 'background description' in any way [for which 'era' would have been appropriate]. Note too that "gustó" was in the 'Preterito Simple' [= 'indefenido'].
Regards, David Mc
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