Beyoncé is not a boy, but if she were, she would turn off her phone so that she could pay attention to her girlfriend. It goes under, “If I were you, I would join the tennis club.” I´m not you, but if I were…
If you thought I would wait for you, you thought wrong.
It is the “zero conditional.” It goes under, “If I have enough time, then I play tennis as much as I can,” because it is true in the present:
You thought I would wait for you…
It is currently true. He thought Beyoncé would wait for him.
…you thought wrong.
is also currently true. He thought wrong. The verbs are past tense, but the statements are true in the present. Beyoncé also could have said: “Because you thought I would wait for you, you thought wrong.”
If I had a million dollars, I would buy you a house.
Is the second conditional. It goes under, “If I had enough time, then I would play tennis every day.”
As far as I can tell, everywhere in Ecuador is picturesque. If you want more without my face blocking your view, I recommend Google image “Ecuador countryside,” or “Ecuador mountains,” or something.
Along the highway while waiting for the road to open. They were cleaning up a rock slide.The Basilica in QuitoThis picture does not do justice. This statue is badass. Please Google image “simon bolivar statue quito,” for better pictures. Conquistador!Close to Cumbre Rucu, overlooking Quito on the trail from the Teleférico. Coordinates: 0.1626300°S, 78.5636260°WQuito in the background
“The” is an article. In this case it means that there is only one country called “United States of America.”
“United” is an adjective describing “States” meaning that the states are together.
“States” is a noun. A state could be a thing, or a place, or an idea. It is only capitalized when used as part of the name of a specific place.
“Of” is a proposition. The prepositional phrase “of America” means the states are in America.
“America” is a noun. It is a place. It is always capitalized because it is the name of a specific place. “America” includes both continents, North and South America, but people from the USA are “Americans.” America!
Medium Answer
“I’ve been to Hollywood”
and
“I’ve been to Redwood”
are both present perfect. See this lesson.
Step #1: identify the verb.
“I’ve” = “I have,” therefore
In “I have been to…”
“have been” is the verb.
Step #2: match it to present perfect in your workbook, write the sentence, and underline “have been.”
Step 3: continue to enjoy the music!
“I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold.”
Step #1: identify the verb.
“Crossed” is the verb. The sentence is in the simple past verb tense.
Step #2: write the sentence and underline the verb.
Step #3: continue to learn by example!
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Translate the song with Google Translate. Do it! Then listen to the song a few times until you can feel the meaning. Learn 30 words all at one time! Don’t worry too much about the exact meaning. Music uses poetic license!
Llegué aqui en Ecuador martes, 19 de abril, de la mañana. El miercoles de la mañana, encontré Luis y nos comenzamos a planear para apoyar las victimas del terremoto. Con Luis, su primo, Henry, esposa de Henry, y un otro amigo de Luis, nosotros cinco trajimos mucha comida, y artículos de aseo (el camión estaba lleno) a Perdenales. Luis y su familia tenían mucho voluntad a ayudar los otros Ecuatorianos. Condujimos en la madrugada desde 2AM el jueves, y llegamos en Perdenales a las 8AM. Nos entregado!
Yo, Henry, y LuisHenry tiene el camión. Él entregó.Trajimos las cosas en bolsas pequeñas.
This is the first quarter that I can say things are going as we expect at 695 Riverview Drive. All 9 units are occupied. All 9 tenants are current on their rent. The manager, Panzera Realty, produces a reliable, accurate report each month. The bottom line shows it as well. With reliable tenants and much of the deferred maintenance from the previous owner completed, we are saving for future improvements, or possibly cash for another purchase.
The following pictures are from the stairway maintenance project I completed in December.
The old steps were uneven. The wood was beginning to rot and the nails were coming out.Removed the old steps and patched the side of the building with stucco mortar.Reassembled with new wood.Finished the railing.
Simple Kneads Gluten-Free Bread
Simple Kneads is really taking off. They are gradually adding retail and food service distribution and as of 31 March, they are selling bread directly from the website. The bread is selling fast and the vendors and customers are happy.
I am still “all-cash,” and have been since December 2013. Per my previous post, I continue to watch 4 specific indicators. The first 2 indicators, Total Market Cap / GNP “Buffett Indicator,” and economist John Hussman, are hard-negative and I am therefore not looking into the market. I’ll wait for a better opportunity.
Click here for a recent commentary by John Hussman. He is very technical, and currently pessimistic, but he is consistent in his analysis and he makes sense. From week to week, he uses the same indicators week to week rather than chasing news headlines, and he uses only indicators that have a strong correlation to future results in the S&P 500 specifically. He has incorrectly predicted market crashes in the past, but he discusses these failures in his commentary. He doesn’t claim that there will be a crash. His claim is that because of overvaluation, the potential long-term upside is too weak to justify the exaggerated short-term risk of such extreme valuations.
Vino de Coco
I plan to visit the company in the Philippines in December–all business of course!
