Archivo de categoría: A Practical English Grammar

1a) (C. E.)This is the picture which caused such sensation; The stairs which lead to the cellar are rather slippery. This is the picture that caused such a sensation; The stairs that lead to the cellar are rather slippery. [Con antecedente «cosa» y en función sujeto las formas del pronombre relativo que se emplean sonSigue leyendo «Claúsulas relativas especificativas y no especificativas: el antecedente es una cosa»

1a) (C.E.)The man who robbed you has been arrested; The girls who serve in the shop are the owner’s daughters; Only those who had booked in advance were allowed in; Would anyone who saw the accident please get in touch with the police? Everyone who/that knew him liked him. Nobody who/that watched the match willSigue leyendo «Claúsulas relativas especificativas y no especificativas:el antecedente es una persona»

Las formas son las siguientes: ANTECEDENTE PERSONA: «who» (sujeto); «whom»/»who» (objeto); «whose» (posesivo); «that» (sujeto); «that» (objeto). ANTECEDENTE COSA: «which» (sujeto); «which» (objeto); «whose»/»of which» (posesivo); «that» (sujeto); «that» (objeto).

The man who told me this refused to give me his name. [Describen el nombre que les precede, el antecedente, de manera que sea posible distinguirlo de otros nombres de la misma clase. Una claúsula de este tipo resulta esencial par la clara comprensión del nombre. En la frase: «The man who told me thisSigue leyendo «Claúsulas relativas especificativas, («defining relative clauses»)»

The King himself gave her the medal. Ann herself opened the door; Tom himself went. Ann opened the door herself. Tom went himself. Tom himself went to London; Tom went to London himself. I saw Tom himself; I spoke to the President himself. She liked the diamond itself but not the setting. I did itSigue leyendo ««myself,» «himself,» «herself,» etc. usados como pronombres enfáticos»

myself; yourself; himself/herself/itself // ourselves; yourselves; themselves. [Los pronombres reflexivos son los de arriba. Notar la diferencia entre la 2ª persona del sigular «yourself» y la 2ª persona del plural «yourselves.» El pronombre reflexivo indefinido enfatizante («the indefinite reflexive emphasizing pronoun») es «oneself.] 2. I cut myself; He can’t shave himself; this refrigeraror defrosts itself.Sigue leyendo «Pronombres reflexivos, «reflexive pronouns»»

Neither of them remembered their instructions; Would someone lend me their binoculars? Everyone has read the notice, haven’t they? No one objected, did they? [Estos adjetivos y pronombres indefinidos son singulares y toman un verbo en singular, sus pronombres personales deberían ser «he»/»she,» y sus adjetivos posesivos «his»/»her» («he»/his» para masculinos y sexos mezclados; «she»/»her,»Sigue leyendo «Uso de «they»/»them»/»their» con «neither»/»either,»someone»/»everyone»/»no one» etc.»

1.Can you camp in the forest?» ; «can one camp in the forest?. «they fine you for parking offences.» It’s easy to lose your way in Venice; «it’s easy to lose one’s way in Venice.» «One has to showvone’s pass at the door»; «You have to show your pass at the door.» «One must doSigue leyendo ««you,»one» y «they» como pronombres indefinidos»

Where’s my map? I left it on the table; Look at that bird. It always comes to my window; Her new baby is tiny. It only weighs 2 kilos. [«it» se usa para hablar de una cosa o un animal cuyo sexo no conocemos y, a veces, un bebé o un niño pequeño.] 2. «ANNSigue leyendo «Usos de «it»»

I made Ann a cake; I made her a cake; I sent Bill the photos. I made it for her; I sent them to him. He bought one for Ann / He bought Ann one; He gave something to Jack / He gave Jack something. [El objeto indirecto se coloca antes que el objeto directoSigue leyendo «La posición de los pronombres objeto»