Would someone be willing to edit this paragraph? It's part of a three page paper that is supposed to be a new chapter in Don Quixote. I don't really know when to use imperfect and when to use the preterite, or how to phrase things in Spanish.

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Would someone be willing to edit this paragraph?  It's part of a three page paper that is supposed to be a new chapter in Don Quixote.  I don't really know when to use imperfect and when to use the preterite, or how to phrase things in Spanish.

Después de Don Quixote de La Mancha luchó Carasco y perdió, Carasco comandó Don Quixote ir a su casa.  Don Quixote prometió volver a La Mancha y parar siendo un caballero errante.  Tan, Don Quixote y Sancho Panza empezaron en sus viajes.  Pero en la manera ellos encontraron algunas problemas.

Katie · Answer

Thanks, that is very helpful. In the second sentence I was trying to say to stop being; is that incorrect?

SraJMcGin · Answer

Yes! To stop (for variety) could also be: detener de ser / dejar de ser (more idiomatic than "parar siendo." Sra