The book Modern Spanish Grammar
| English | A brave man rescued the princess.Amongst the many soldiers who fought there was only one brave one. |
| Spanish | Un valiente rescató a la princesa.Entre los muchos soldados que lucharon sólo había uno valiente. |
| Section | The indefinite article |
| Description | The full form uno may be used before an adjective: it may be thought of as a numeral in such cases and always has the meaning ‘one’. |
| English | enredar |
| Spanish | [enrreðar] |
| Section | Pronunciation and spelling |
| Description | r between vowels or after p, b, t, d, c, g, is pronounced as a ‘flap’ [r] (with a single flick of the tongue); after other consonants it is pronounced [rr]. |
| English | el córner ‘corner’ (in football)el referéndum ‘referendum’ |
| Spanish | los córners ‘corners’los referéndums‘referendums’/‘referenda’ |
| Section | Plural Forms |
| Description | Class 5. There is quite a lot of variation in the formation of the plural of foreign words, and no hard and fast rule can be given. In particular, English loanwords sometimes keep the English form of the plural, and Latin words ending in -m are treated similarly |