If you had the power

Question

If you were given the power to change one thing about Spanish/English, what would it be?

Si tienes el poder a cambiar una cosa sobre español/inglés, ¿qué sería?

In Spanish, I would definitely only allow one word for "for". Para vs. por is very confusing for me.

In English, I would take out the word "whom".

Tell me...what would you change?

Hey Sonrisa :) - GuitarWarrior, Jun 21, 2011

Hola....thanks for posting :D - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 21, 2011

Answer 1

I would change English spelling to make it nice and logical like Spanish and get rid of crazy things like through, rough, bough, thought, though (five ways to pronounce -ough) and "Her first nurse works early" (five ways to spell the same sound)! Hey, Sonrisa, you'll get your wish! "Whom" is gradually disappearing.

"Ough" is horrible! And bye-bye "whom"! :P - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 21, 2011

Answer 2

I would change the way we learn languages...

We would have a probe inserted into the back of our heads and have the languages "uploaded" into our "memory"..... Matrix-style.

Hmm, yeah, I agree :D - Destroyed99, Jun 21, 2011

Matrix style! Jaja! ¡Qué gracioso! - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 21, 2011

Answer 3

I would make the use of prepositions logical in both languages.

Jaja, I agree :) Great answer...thanks for posting. - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 21, 2011

Answer 4

In Spanish l'd definitely change the Preterit endings! although the tense is very easy, but it takes me a lot of time to remember the conjugations!

In English l'd change words like: Check up - check in - check out - check on! they confuse me a lot while speaking

The preterite is tricky, jaja! And yes, those are confusing in English. Native English speakers use them wrong, sometimes :) - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 21, 2011

Answer 5

I don't know what I would change. I like things the way they are!

Good answer ! - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 21, 2011