Is it right to say : I have opened internet today...? Thank you :roll:
R ratóncolorao Member Joined Dec 23, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Spanish Home Country Spain Current Location Spain Mar 4, 2010 #1 Is it right to say : I have opened internet today...? Thank you :roll:
S Sylviey Member Joined Mar 4, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Portuguese Home Country Brazil Current Location Israel Mar 4, 2010 #2 I understand your doubt, ratóncolorao, because I am Brazilian and you are translating the phrase in Spanish literally into English. A better way of saying it could be: I have connected to the Internet today, or, I have logged in the Internet today.
I understand your doubt, ratóncolorao, because I am Brazilian and you are translating the phrase in Spanish literally into English. A better way of saying it could be: I have connected to the Internet today, or, I have logged in the Internet today.
Anglika No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Oct 19, 2006 Member Type Other Mar 4, 2010 #3 Sylviey said: I have connected to the Internet today, or, I have logged onto the Internet today. Click to expand... ...
Sylviey said: I have connected to the Internet today, or, I have logged onto the Internet today. Click to expand... ...
S Sylviey Member Joined Mar 4, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Portuguese Home Country Brazil Current Location Israel Mar 4, 2010 #4 Thank you, Anglika. :up:
L Linguist__ Senior Member Joined Dec 11, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Mar 4, 2010 #5 (Not a teacher) 'Connected to' is a good one. 'Logged in' should be 'logged onto'. If you just mean you have been using the internet, then 'use' is useful: 'I used the internet today.' Also, 'surf' collocates with internet in English: 'I surfed the internet today.' Although, I wouldn't use the perfect tense with surf, it sounds strange. EDIT Sorry for the double correction of 'logged in' from Anglika's post. I was replying when it was posted.
(Not a teacher) 'Connected to' is a good one. 'Logged in' should be 'logged onto'. If you just mean you have been using the internet, then 'use' is useful: 'I used the internet today.' Also, 'surf' collocates with internet in English: 'I surfed the internet today.' Although, I wouldn't use the perfect tense with surf, it sounds strange. EDIT Sorry for the double correction of 'logged in' from Anglika's post. I was replying when it was posted.
R ratóncolorao Member Joined Dec 23, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Spanish Home Country Spain Current Location Spain Mar 5, 2010 #6 Thank you very much for your replies. :-D