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[Italian Grammar] Three Uses of the Future You May Not Know

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Sometimes verbs and tenses are used in non-standard ways.

In most cases, when we teachers teach a grammar rule, we initially focus on the standard. Grammar rules are already complicated, and there’s no need to make things worse for the student by listing all the possible exceptions or non-standard uses.

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[Hidden Italy] San Pellegrino Terme, the City of Water and Much More

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San Pellegrino is a very famous Italian name, in Italy and abroad. 

If you go to an Italian restaurant and ask for some sparkling water, it is quite likely that you’ll end up with a bottle of San Pellegrino, whose green bottle with a red star on the label is quite iconic.

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[Hidden Italy] Crespi d’Adda, a UNESCO World Heritage Workers’ Village near Bergamo

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The first time I heard about Crespi d’Adda was in a book.

The name Crespi was not new to me because I had heard of the spectacular Villa Crespi, a world-renowned hotel with a Michelin-star restaurant on Lake Orta in Piedmont, and I also knew of Giulia Maria Crespi, the founder of FAI, the National Trust for Italy. But I have to admit that I didn’t know anything about the Crespi family.

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[Italian Books] If You Are Italian American, You Should Read This Book

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I recently read a book I fell in love with, and I absolutely have to share it with you.

It’s a book about Italian immigration to the United States, and while reading it, I said to myself multiple times: “This book would be a great read if you are an Italian American!“. But it’s a great novel in general, and would appeal to anybody who loves good books, which is why I am writing a post about it.

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