Learning English with A.C. Milan

Ronaldinho_89 ha scritto:

Great, " First of all" is a right form but "to begin with" too. I learnt it by the reading of " A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. It begin with this expressioni : " Jacob Marley was dead: to begin with."

Yes, you're right: ing form is better than simple present which however isn't a mistake.

I prefer "is speaking it" because when the italian traslantion is " il + verbo" " il parlarlo" in this case, in my opinion the ing form is preferable (better).

Yes, it's another right form to express the concept.

Yes, you're right. I have to put "by".

You can omit "that", but if you put it, it isn't a mistake.

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Darren Marshall ha scritto:

The past seems so far away but they were here in AC Milan only two years ago. It's incredible how the team is changed in a few years.

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O Animal ha scritto:

All right, but keep in mind that Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843 and some if his sentences are not exactly up to date, just as Manzoni's "Promessi Sposi" are not a proper reference of Italian modern language.

As I said before some forms can't be considered grammar mistakes but they just sounded like a literal translation from Italian.

The 'speaking it' case looks better only as an 'Italian literal translation' but in English is a lot more common to hear and read two simple presents in that sentence.

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Il Giovine 77 ha scritto:

is it allowed swearing here?
i think ronaldinho89 found a really good way to be able to insult our dear coach allegri

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el_gaucho ha scritto:

Hi guys. Before starting to engage with this post, I would need a few clarification about its topic. Are we discussing our chances to get a champions league spot for next year competition ? Are we lecturing on English grammar? Are we criticising our manager? Or maybe all of the above.
Many thanks in advance for your reply.

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el_gaucho ha scritto:

I do hope so. However, he's more likely to start from the bench to be up and running for the next feature

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