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If you want to learn how to write in the Spanish language, I have a free tool that will help. It is actually a Firefox add-on.  It will improve your writing style, grammar and spelling. It gives you advice as you write. This goes beyond simply spell check. It helps you clarify and improve word [...]

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This post is about Hispanic vegetables.  I am not going to translate these into Spanish as there is really no need.  If they are not readily understood you will learn them the second you get to Mexico or Latin America.  Maybe in another lesson I will have drills on these veggies. Here is a little [...]

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The purpose of this post is to give you a quick guide for Spanish punctuation. It is not hard and you do not need a whole course in Spanish grammar to understand a couple things about how to punctuate properly. Comparing English and Spanish punctuation marks Question marks and exclamation marks are the only real [...]

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What is the best tool for Firefox is you are learning Spanish? Are you learning Spanish?  Here is a tool you can get from Firefox by Peter Carroll that will help you, not only learn Spanish but give you the ability to type Spanish accents and special characters without messing with your Windows language setting [...]

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This post is about Spanish accents.  What are Spanish accents? Do not be confused, it is not the way people talk from region to region in Spain or Mexico. Rather I am referring to the written marks above the letters. Some people call these the Spanish funny letters. Why another page online about Spanish accents?  [...]

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A Spanish pronunciation online guide must be clear and on one printable page to be useful. Often Spanish language pronunciation guides are spread out over several pages or are not clear.   This is why I wanted to create a one page summary of Spanish pronunciation for the normal person but some expert in Spanish [...]

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I am not an expert on life, but I worked in the insurance industry before I unplugged from the matrix of corporate America. Therefore, you combined my traveling to about 30 different countries (I have to count) and living a good part of my life, I think I have some advice about Mexican auto insurance. [...]

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The purpose of this post is to answer the question how many Americans are living in Mexico? There are 111 million people in Mexico.  There are about 130,000 legal US residents  in Mexico who permanently live there. However, there are about 1/2 million more who just live there without a legal status. Visas take a [...]

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Learn Spanish and make money If you learn Spanish you will be helping your business career and yourself in making money. This is another radical statement, but it is true. There are many studies that confirm that Spanish will help your career. Spanish will help you in business if you are an entrepreneur or if [...]

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Spanish flashcards work because memory is a most often a retrieval problem not a formation problem. You need to drill and practice pulling out Spanish words from the deep recesses of you brain in a flash. This is why are Spanish flash cards effective Spanish flash cards are effective because memory is usually an issue [...]

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