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Escribí una reseña sobre este restaurante tan recomendable.

Escribí una reseña sobre este restaurante tan recomendable.
I wrote a review about this highly recommendable restaurant.
From Lesson 248:Formal contrast (sin embargo)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Escribí una reseña sobre este restaurante tan recomendable.

Why does the sentence use tan recomendable instead of muy recomendable?
While muy recomendable means very recommendable, using tan translates closer to so recommendable. It adds a bit of emotional emphasis to your statement, as if saying a restaurant that I recommend so highly.
I always mix up este and esto. Why do we use este here?
You use este (this) when pointing out a specific masculine singular noun, like restaurante. You only use esto when referring to an abstract idea, a situation, or an unknown object. Because the word for 'this' is placed directly in front of the noun, it has to be este.
Is a reseña only used for restaurant reviews?
No, a reseña can be a review or critique of almost anything. You can write a reseña about a book, a movie, a gadget, or a hotel.
Why use the preterite escribí instead of the imperfect escribía?
Escribí (I wrote) is used because the action of writing this specific review is a single, completed event in the past. If you used escribía, it would change the meaning to I was writing or I used to write reviews.

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