Giving and Taking Advice

In order to deal with the first point of this entry, I selected the article "10 Things You Can Do Today to Improve your Life", which I found on the website psychcentral.com

Here is the link (last accessed 9/10):

https://psychcentral.com/lib/therapists-spill-10-things-you-can-do-today-to-improve-your-life/

The expressions related to advice that we can find in this text are:

I suggest

Consider...

The solution is...

The rest of elements that can, perhaps, be related to advice are simply the verbs used. Infinitives are used to indicate what the enquirer should do, according to the writer's criteria.
Some examples from the text are: Identify what's keeping you stuck; Stop; Look; Listen; Get to bed earlier; Create an intention, etc.

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For the second part of this blogpost, I chose an article called "How to gracefully decline a job offer". The link is below (last accessed 9/10):

https://www.thecut.com/article/how-to-decline-a-job-offer.html

The modal verbs present in the text are the following:

Can:

• "...that can cause a real inconvenience on their side (which can turn normal disappointment into frustration [...])" → This modal verb represents ability.

• "You should give a reason, but it can be vague" → This modal verb stands for a suggestion, owing to the fact that it is a criteria your statement can have, but you are not obliged to follow it.

Could:

• "It’s possible that your reason could spur the company to try to find a way to address your objections" → This modal verb shows a theoretical possibility,  given that it shows a situation that could happen.

Need:

• "Here’s everything you need to know about how to decline a job offer gracefully." → This modal verb clearly showcases necessity.

Would:

• "Timeliness is more important than connecting on the phone, so if reaching someone by phone would add days to the process, go ahead [...]"
• "Plus, they probably have other candidates on hold who would be delighted to receive the offer once you decline it." → Both of these cases express theoretical possibility,  because they explain a situation that would take place regarding a certain happening.

Might:

• "What if you might want to work with that employer in the future?" → This modal verb expresses suggestion

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Last but not least, I want to share what I have done in the past month to improve my English.

What stands out the most is that I have been taking part in a yearly world-wide internet 'event' called "Inktober", which originally consists in drawing something every single day of October according to the official list of words that serve as inspiration for everyone and posting it under the official hashtag so that people can see it. I put my own twist on it and, instead of drawing, I decided to adapt it to my passion, which is writing in English. Therefore, I have written a short piece every day from the 1st of October onwards. I hope to continue until the 31st, but it is definitely a challenge to fit it into my tight schedule.

In addition, I have met my native friend Stephen for coffee a couple of times. He is from Bradford but has been living in Spain for about two years. Other than catching up, I also get to work on my fluidity when speaking!

Stephen and I near Plaza de la Merced

I've also read ... / watched the film __ in the original score