Archivo del autor: Fernando Santamaría Lozano

Have you met Bill’s sisters? – I’ve met one. I didn’t know he had another sister/I didn’t know he had another. – Oh, he has two other sisters/He had two others. [El paradigma de este adjetivo/pronombre indefinido es: singular: «another» (adjetivo o pronombre; y plural: «other» (adjetivo) y «others» (pronombre):] 2. One student suggested aSigue leyendo «another, other, others con one y some»

someone else/somebody else (= «some other person); something else (= «some other thing»). anyone else/anybody else (= «any other person»); no one/nobody else (= «no other person»); everyone else/eveybody else (» «every other person). I’m afraid I can’t help you. You’ll have to ask someone else.- There isn’t anyone else/There’s no one lese to ask.Sigue leyendo ««else» después de someone/anybody/nothing etc»

Someone wants to speak to you on the phone; Someone gave me a ticket for the pop concert; Somebody gave me a ticket for the pop concert. Would anyone like a drink? Would anybody like a drink? Do yo want anything from the chemist? No one has ever given me a free ticket for anything;Sigue leyendo «someone, somebody, something; anyone, anybody, anything; no one, nobody, nothing»

«Some» y «any» significan «cierto número o cantidad» («a certain number or amount»). Se usan con o en lugar de, como adjetvos o pronombres, de nombres plurales o incontables. Have a biscuit/Have some biscuits. I ate a date/I ate some dates. Some of the staff can speak Japanese. Did any of your photos come outSigue leyendo «Some, any, no y none»

I tried both keys but neither worked; I tried both keys but neither of them worked. Neither boy knew the way; neither of them knew the way. I’ve read neither of these (books). [«neither» significa «ninguno de los dos.» Se construye con un verbo afirmativo en singular. Puede usarse solo, o seguido de un nombreSigue leyendo «neither, either»

all the town; all his life. all (of) these; all (of) Tom’s boys. both (of) the towns; both (of) his parents. [«all» (pronombre) puede ir seguido de » ‘of + the/this/these/that/those/posesivos y nombres propios‘ » («construcción partitiva«). «both» (pronombre) + «of» puede usarse de la misma forma, con la «construcción partitiva,» pero solo con formasSigue leyendo «all/both/each+ of y construcciones alternativas»

Both (doors) were open. both (of) the wheels; both (of) your wheels. both of us knew him. It was both cold and wet. He is both an actor and a a director. He both acts and directs. [«both» significa «ambos» («one and the other»). Se construye con un verbo en plural. Puede usarse solo oSigue leyendo «both»

«All» significa un número de personas o cosas considerado como un grupo; «every» alude a un número de personas o de cosas considerado individualmente. En la práctica «every» y sus compuestos se usan también cuando pensamos en un grupo. Every man had a weapon. Each man had a weapon. Each man knows what to do;Sigue leyendo «all, each,every, everyone,everybody, everything»

I haven’t got a ticket. – Neither / nor have I. I have never before been asked to accept a bribe / Never before had I been asked to accept a bribe. They not only rob you, they smash everything too / Not only do they rob you, they smash everything too. He didn’t realizeSigue leyendo «Inversión del verbo con ciertos adverbios»

He has hardly any money (= «very little money»); I hardly ever go out (= «I very seldom go out»); It hardly rained at all last summer; Her case is so heavy that she can hardly lift it. I hardly know him (= «I know him very slightly»). He looked hard at it (= «HeSigue leyendo «hardly, scarcely, barely»