Three Mistakes    
 

Today is friday and I pretend to be more short in this LEP-Nuts.

Huh... that sounds terrible! There are 3 mistakes in the phrase above. What are they?

Let's briefly spot some common mistakes in English: (this is basic stuff, but many people still get confused! So, let's review!)

1) friday = days of the week are always written with capital letters (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). So, it should be Friday. (but it's Friday, isn't?)

2) pretend = 'to pretend' is a verb that means "simulate, present a false image or appearance". The correct here should be "I intend to be...." - what means "I have the intention of being..."

3) more short = the correct way to use a comparative form with short adjectives is by adding "er" in the end of the word, and not the word "more". "Shorter" is the correct form.

Outros exemplos: 

mais calmo, calmer (not more calm);

mais rápido, faster (not more fast)

mais agradável, nicer (not more nice)

 

But:

tranquil = more tranquil (not tranquiler)

rapid = more rapid

pleasant = more pleasant

 

Como regra, apenas os adjetivos com uma ou duas sílabas levam o sufixo "er". Porém, até mesmo alguns com duas sílabas são considerados longos, e não levam mais o "er", como "common" (comum). É "mais comum" ver "more common" do que "commoner".

 

That's enough for now! 

After all, I was not pretending  to be shorter   today, I was really intending to be!

 

  

 

Oh, yeah!!! Here is the riddle you got in your email:

"In our calendar some months have 30 days and some months have 31 days. How many months have 28 days?"

 

and the answer is: all of them!
 

 

 

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