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Steve W
23rd August 2006, 05:20 PM
When I'm learning anything I like lots and lots of examples, and sometimes the textbooks are a bit sparse. When I've learned a new word or especially a phrase, I type it into google and follow it with site:elpais.es (or another grammatically correct site)

e.g. "al menos de" site:elpais.es

this will return a list of articles using that phrase, from the El Pais website. Pick one and search for the phrase on the page and there is your example. Guaranteed to be used correctly.

timg
23rd August 2006, 06:14 PM
great tip! thanks