>>I do find punctuation in Spanish to be more interesting than in English. In most cases you know what is going to happen before you begin reading any verbiage except when a period is used! ¿Do you know what I mean? ¡Have a good day Jim!
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>Also, sometimes the quotation marks - or quotations marks - can enclose only part of the sentence, ¿right? This can cause some complications when translating from English to Spanish - you must first figure out what part of the sentence is meant to be the question.

Hilmar;

LOL!

If you want to study English grammar study another language! You will learn a great deal in the process.

I find it interesting to have grown up in San Francisco, California, with people who came from so many different countries. It seems that how a person thinks is closely related to what language they first learned and is his or her primary language. Take for example the topic of which comes first, subject or title?

A Spanish speaking person when saying “casa blanca”, first expresses the concept of a house and then describes the color. The thinking process involved in this is very interesting. An English speaking person saying the same thing in English says “white house”, expressing the color and then the object.

Another subject I enjoy is how music is affected by language. Music is an expression of language. Just one example is that there are many forms of music that have derived from Spanish speaking communities. With differences in intonation, the speed of speech, and accent, there are many rich and different forms of music in Spanish speaking countries.

The music of the United States has been created from many people of the world community.

Tom