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Question

I am spanish descent. I know not too much of both languages. I like to consider my language as spanglish. When I speak to spanish speaking family and I don't know a particular spanish word I tend to say it in English. This is due to that at home I mostly speak in English to my husband and siblings. Also, I get intimidated as I speak to English speaking individuals where I feel I am not that good in English as well. How can I use "in essence" and "theoretically" in my vocabulary'

Answer 1

I kind of randomly stumbled across this post so I thought I'd give you a little bit of help on this.
With "in essence", a lot of times people use it to summarize what they had just said. With "theoretically", it's kind of hard to explain but it is the same thing as saying "in theory". They're both more formal than everyday words used. I think the best way to see how exactly those words are used is to google the words or put them in dictionary.com. I don't know if I was much help, but hopefully you get the idea.

p.s. the best way to perfect in a language is to use it over and over, and have native people correct the way you use. good luck!

Answer 2

I kind of randomly stumbled across this post so I thought I'd give you a little bit of help on this.
With "in essence", a lot of times people use it to summarize what they had just said. With "theoretically", it's kind of hard to explain but it is the same thing as saying "in theory". They're both more formal than everyday words used. I think the best way to see how exactly those words are used is to google the words or put them in dictionary.com. I don't know if I was much help, but hopefully you get the idea.

p.s. the best way to perfect in a language is to use it over and over, and have native people correct the way you use. good luck!