Hispanics

Notes from the HN Class:

Vocabulary:

• Hispanic: スペインの、〔スペイン語圏の〕ラテン・アメリカの

Example Sentence:

• Hispanics are Latin-Americans and are mostly from Mexico. ヒスパニックとはラテン系アメリカ人のことで、米国内ではそのほとんどがメキシコ出身です。

Examples of using was and were:

• I was cold.
• He was cold.
• She was cold.
• It was cold.
  

• You were cold.
• They were cold.
  

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Use "been to" instead of "gone to" for 行った事がある.

• Have you ever gone to London?

Notes:

• "Have you ever gone to～" means「あなたは～へ行った事がありますか？」
• If you use "gone" the nuance is more like 「行ってそのまま帰って来ない事です。」
• 正しく言うと "Have you ever been to ～"
  

Additional notes:

× I cannot sing and dance very well. = I can sing but not dance very well. I cannot sing but can dance very well.
◎ I cannot sing or dance very well.
◎ I can neither sing nor dance very well.

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References:

1. CD-ビジネス技術 実用英語大辞典
2. 英辞郎第三版
3. CD-The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

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