AUDAZ REVISTA
72%
In Spanish books from 2000 to 2019, me acuerdo que beats the textbook me acuerdo de que.
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The test
Ten rule breaks, checked against the RAE's guide to doubtful usage.
Then measured in Google's Spanish books, 2000 to 2019.
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Me acuerdo que
The RAE says acordarse takes de. Print disagrees: 72% of the pair drops it.
Fine in a chat. Keep the de in an exam.
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Le conocí
Le for one male person is accepted by the RAE. About 1 in 4 uses of the pair in print.
Le for a thing is still wrong.
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Mientras más
An acceptable colloquial variant of cuanto más, says the RAE. 15% of the pair in print.
Contra más is rejected. It reaches print about 1 in 933 times.
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Habían
Haber for there is stays singular: había muchas personas.
The plural still reaches print in about 1 in 15 uses.
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Detrás mío
Not considered correct, because detrás is an adverb. Say detrás de mí.
About 1 in 43 uses of the pair in print.
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Haiga
Outside the educated standard. Say haya.
It almost never survives an editor: about 1 in 936 uses of the pair.
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¿De qué?
Unsure about de que? Turn it into a question. If the question needs de, so does the sentence.
¿De qué estás seguro? Estoy seguro de que viene.
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