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English grammar in Spanish lessons
I know this shouldn't be a priority on a to-do list, but I bet there are a lot of non native English speakers who use this website. I'm one of them. Sometimes, when I learn Spanish, I come to a "tricky" exercise. Here is only one example (there are more): http://i.imgur.com/0HcHaKK.png
I think this kind of multiple choice answers are pointless, because the "trick" is in the English grammar.
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I'm a native English speaker and I sometimes get these wrong because I don't notice the difference between a/an at a glance, which feels like an unfair trick. You're basically being tested on your English knowledge rather than your Spanish.
Yes, you're right. It is really simple, but what about timed practice? Another example of this English grammar: Nosotros somos. -> We are us. / It is us.
In my native language I understand Spanish sentence "Nosotros somos" as "We are" in English, which is marked as false answer. Also I had trouble knowing when to use "the" or "a / an" in Spanish to English translations.
I think the website should accept semi-correct grammatical translations (if they are translated correctly, see my example above), but it should also warn user about grammatical mistakes that were made.