En ese momento mi abuelo enfermó cada día peor.

Question

En ese momento mi abuelo enfermó cada día peor.

La enfermedad de mi abuelo estaba cada día grave.

La enermedad de mi abuelo era cada día más grave.

I made the first sentence. The second and the third is from another two books. I wonder if my answer is ok too?

Maybe you could tellus what you mean, in English, exactly? Do you mean: Just then, he started to get worse? - annierats, Nov 19, 2012

At that time, my grandfather is getting sicker and sicker everyday. - zhmelissa, Nov 20, 2012

..was getting sicker.. - annierats, Nov 20, 2012

Answer 1

Yes, the original in some language would help.

Are you trying to say

At that time, my grandfather was getting worse (more sick) every day.

In any event, I´m not sure that using the preterite ´enfermó´ which is a pretty specific point in time, is a good with with cada día, which is an unspecified period of time, which could maybe better be expressed with the imperfect, such as in annierats suggestion.

I´d like to hear a native chime in on that. I´m still trying to improve on preterite vs imperfect

Muchas gracias. - zhmelissa, Nov 20, 2012

That's what I thought too, Rog. Good observation. - annierats, Nov 20, 2012

Answer 2

The third is correct ; La enfermedad (enermedad) de mi abuelo era cada día más grave.

Gracias Maquen! - rac1, Nov 20, 2012

Yes, the second one doesn't work, to my mind, evenif it comes from a book. - annierats, Nov 20, 2012

Answer 3

Mi abuelo estaba emporeando cada día. My grandfather got worse every day.

Is that any help?

Thanks. - zhmelissa, Nov 20, 2012