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Well, @muscara, i must confess that i really like english so much that i learned by my self and pages like this help me to learn even more. But u're right, is good if i write and search Steemit on my lenguage as well, in fact i thought to write in both languages to know both SteemitWorlds. Thanks for your welcome and hope to read u soon