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Is there a comprehensive rule for when to use (or not use) PARA before an infinitive? I sometimes encounter examples where para is used without the sense of "purpose" that is supposed to trigger the use of "para."  In other words, I can't use the rule "in order to" to translate these sentences.

Cuándo estaba en Australia, tenía muchos problemas para hablar inglés.

Tuvimos muchas dificultades para encontrar la parada de autobús.

Fue un día demasiado bueno para quedarse adentro.

please help me understand why we use tengo/tiene and not estoy-soy.

Hola,

My translators consistently omit the "unos" before "270 huesos" in the phrase  "pero los bebés nacen con unos 270 huesos que se fusionan con el tiempo". Is it grammatically correct to exclude the unos ? Or is it included simply for aesthetic reasons?

Saludos

Kevin

"Tardé unas pocas horas en hacerlo" is right as well, isn't it?

It seems as if porque would convey the same idea and is probably more often used in conversation.  So is de tanto more formal, literary or is it used in the street?

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is it not more common, due to the context to say "voy a preparar los documentos" vs" Mis documentos" in Castilian Spanish?

Hola Inma, 

Yo usé se volveré en este frase. 

¿Hay alguna razón específica para usar convertirse? Saludos y feliz el año nuevo. John

(1) Most of the adverbs on the list are used with adjectives:  demasiado verdes, muy estricta, un poco cansadas, bastante ruidoso, tan rápidamente.  

(2) But mucho is different as it is used with verbs:  te quiere mucho, no dormí mucho.  And it wouldn’t seem to work with adjectives, for example, los platanos están mucho verdes needs to be stated as muy verdes. 

(3) Tanto is different again, as it functions as a direct object.  No puedes comer tanto. 

 Are these differences important, and should we learn more about these different categories of adverbs?  Thanks.