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Source:  Victor Grabarczyk en Unsplash Spaniards tip too much - minister In cases, tips make up half the product's value Spaniards still have not fully got to grips with the value of the euro and often tip too much, according to Economy Minister Pedro Solbes. Over-tipping had added to the sense among Spanish consumers that the cost of living is higher since the euro's introduction in 2002, he said. "People haven't taken on board the value of a euro," Mr Solbes told a political rally in Madrid. Spain's inflation is higher than other eurozone states - at 4.1% last month. "I see people hav ing a couple of coffees and calmly leaving a euro tip," Mr Solbes told a Socialist Party economic forum in the Spanish capital. "That's 50% of the value of the product." Before the euro hit the streets five years ago, leaving a 25 peseta tip was the norm . One euro was then worth 166 pesetas. Source: BBC News   Do...

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Subject Questions  are an example of where practice is much easier than the theory. Let me try to keep the explanation short and simple. The majority of questions are  Object Questions  and they follow this form no matter what the tense: Q u estion -  A uxillary -  S ubject -  I nfinitive  ( QuASI ) What   do you do? I am a   teacher . Where does John live? He lives in   London . When are your parents coming? They are coming   on Monday . Who did  you see there?  I saw   my old teacher . How will you get there? We'll go   by   car . Can you see that the   Question Words   are the   object   of the verb? But in some questions the   Question Word   (who, what, which, how many) is the   subject   of the verb. Look at the following examples: Who   teaches you?   Graham   (teaches us). What   happens at the end of the film?   T...