Spanish language Q&A Forum

How do we know when to use El pretérito perfecto progresivo vs El indefinido progresivo?

The test question "I always wanted to be a dentist." I answered "he querido" but correct answer was "quise" 

Isn't that a past action that continues into the present? - perfecto?

Anyway this particular topic seems to be all over the place. The goal of these questions shouldn't be trickery IMHO. We're learning to speak a language - not to be a textbook scholar - or at least that's my goal. I asked one of the many Spanish speakers where I work what they thought and they said "it could be either and I'd understand you."

Why do we say "ciento por ciento"? Ciento is more than one hundred so shouldn't it only be cien por ciento and cien por cien?

What's the difference if I use 'todos los correos' instead in the first example?

Could you say 'poner una chaquetta' instead of 'llevar una chaquetta'?

What is the indirect object pronoun for

A Javier ya a Sara ____

Why the "a" in "se llama a Honduras la Republica" . . . ?

This below in the lesson could be this month or could be future. It is a bit confusing, why is the above wrong to be in the present, if it uses the same structure as the below?

Here, the speaker could be referring to the current month which they are still in, or they could be referring to this "coming" month