To + Infinite I had always assumed I was immune to needing acceptance. -Why was "needing" used instead of "need"? Could I have ultimately helped change his vote? -Why was not used help to change? Like the sentence above, can I say like "I helped happen something in the world" as well?

Me enorgullecía? Me enorgullecía ser una inconformista Me enorgullecía de ser una inconformista - Cuál es coreccta? Ambas? Me dije que era porque estaba creciendo y madurando, no porque de repente estuviera buscando aceptación. - Aquí por que se ha usado pretérito imperpecto subjuntivo de estar en lugar de indicativo? - Qué diferencía entre atendieran y atendieses? (Me refiero a las dos formas de pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo) -Qué es diferencía entre ´tratar´ y ´intentar´? Podrías darme unos ejemplos cada un verbo?

Public Health Nowdays many people concern about their health and look for an efficient way to live a healthy life. Some people argue that having more sports facilities around will improve their health. However, I think that this method is unlikely to achieve the expected result and there are better ways than that. Even though people get more accesses to the sports facilities, it will not have any affect unless they go outside the house to use those facilities. Everyone already knows that working out is good for their health, but not all of them actually practice it. In other words, they do not work out not because they do not know the importance of exercise but because of their laziness. However, we cannot follow them every day to push them to move. Therefore I suggest reducing the prices of organic foods. Generally, organic foods are more expensive than normal foods. Sometimes we can see that the people living in inner cities are fatter than well-off people. Because they do not have enough money to buy good quality of foods so they just have junk foods or light snacks which are relatively cheaper. Foods are one of the most important factors that influence on our health, so if the public take more nutrition from healthy foods, they will less have obesity, diabetes or some other diseases that arise from having bad diets. Also, the government can reduce medical insurance premium. One of my neighbours suffered from a rare disease but could not afford his medical bills because he did not have any medical insurance due to the expensive monthly premium. If the National insurance helps the public with this, the number of people suffering serious diseases will decrease and consequently the public health will be improved. In sum, although building more sports facilities can give people more chances to do exercise, it is not a fundamental solution. Instead, helping the people who are not having proper meals or suffering from bad disease will enable the public health benefit. p.s. I don't mind if you change the entire sentence to make it sound better even if it's grammatically correct. I actually prefer to be corrected to sound more natural. Thank you in advance :)

One or Ones? Hello, I just saw a sentence in a formal English writing: one need only look at the classic examples of Joan of Arc and Mulan to see how exceptionally women could perform on the battlefield. I don't understand why it used plural form of verb "need". I think one is singular noun... then the sentence won't make much sense with the context though. Could you explain this?

Madrid The place I enjoy visiting is Madrid. It´s the capital city of Spain and located in the exact middle of the country. The population is nearly 3.2million, and it´s the third largest city in the European Union. It´s one of the most touristic places in the world so there are some places quite popular. Firstly the plaza del sol is in the centre of Madrid and full of shops. The clothes of the famous brands like Zara and Mango are quite cheap as they are Spanish so most of the people go there to do shopping. There is a stadium of Real Madrid as well. Every year the big matches are held in the stadium, so a large number of football fans visit Madrid. The city is also famous for its art. The museum of Prado and Reina Sofía are very popular and have a lot of masterpieces. And above all things, there are many small historical cities around Madrid. They are also included in the community of Madrid so it´s easy to get there from the city centre. Actually I´ve lived in one of those small cities where the Cervantes were born. Even though it was small, it has great atmosphere to study and is very clean. Madrid is not only the place to enjoy awesome nightlife but also historical and artistic place to look around slowly and learn something valuable.

Unas preguntas del Español 1. No estoy de bromas. -Aquí, estar sirve para indicar falta de disposición anímica. Podrían darme más ejemplos? 2. La pusieron una medalla por/para rescatar a unos escaladores aficionados. -Aquí, ¿cúal es correcto? ¿Por o para? 3. Vete tú por mí -Aquí, ¿por mí significa en vez de mí? 4. He subido una foto en/a Facebook. -Aquí ¿cúal es correcto? ¿En o a? Gracias

La jubliación / El medio ambiente 1. Pienso que la situación de esta persona está bien y se puede usar útilmente. Me parece que esta persona está trabajando muncho porque ha dicho que quiere tener todo el tiempo para su mismo. Entonces la jubliación puede ser buena oportunidad para él/ella. No creo que la jubliación es deprimente. Todo es el contrario. El fin significa el otro empiece de nuevo. Así terminar el trabajo va a hacerme probar otras cosas y crecer más. Algún día cuando me jublie, quiero apountarme a la clase de cocina porque me gusta cocinar pues quiero aprenderlo formalmente. Igualmente le aconsejaría que haga lo que quiere hacer pero no ha podido haecer po la falta de timepo. Creo que viajar y aprender algo so los mejores opciones para relajarse y usar bien el tiempo. Como ha dedicado la mayoría de su vida al trabajo, tiene que disfrutar el resto de su vida. Deseo que no sea nervioso ni tenga miedo de la jublicación y experimente mucho el mundo. 2. El medio ambiente en corea del sur es bueno en general. Aunque en la capital, Seúl, hay mucha contaminación, en otra pare de mi país está limpía. Tenemos muchas montañas y ellas hacen el aire más limpío. También normalmente las fábricas se construido fuera de corea como en China u India porque nuestro país es muy pequeño. Por eso el aire y el agua no se contaminan mucho por el humo y las aguas residuales. Pero lo que pasa es que la gente no tiene la conciencia ecológica. Se puede ver montón de basuras en la playa durante las vacaciones y la gente tira las basura en la calle sin pensar. La mayoría no se preocupa del cambio climático y usa el acondicinador de aire todo el día en verano. Estoy preocupada por este problema, por eso intento poner el ventiladro en vez de él y no usar los productos de echar y tirar. Estos días me suena que hay gente que no usa champú sino solo el agua y lavadura. Eso es muy buena para el pelo y por supuesto para el medio ambiente también. Todavía no he hecho ninguna vez, pero algún día quiero probarlo. Esto puede ser una buena manera para proteger el medio ambiente.