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EL BOLETIN DE INGLES
AMERICANO PREFERIDO POR LOS HISPANOPARLANTES |
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OM
News # 106 - Delivered to 50538 subscribers |
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ISSN 1668-4877
June
15, 2005 |
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THE INFINITIVE AFTER ADJECTIVES. This
interesting grammar article will help you use the infinitive structures. Let's see how to do it...
INFINITIVO DESPUÉS DE UN ADJETIVO.
Este interesante artículo gramatical te ayudará a utilizar las estructuras
del infinitivo. Aquí te explicamos cómo hacerlo... |
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COMPARING SENTENCES WITH INFINITIVES
Jim doesn't speak very clearly.
A. It is difficult to understand him.
B. He is difficult to understand.
Sentences A and B have the same meaning. But note that we say He is
difficult to understand, not He
is difficult to understand him.
You can use the structure in sentence B after difficult, easy,
impossible, hard and after a few other adjectives. Let's see
some examples:
- Your writing is almost impossible to read,
not ...to read it.
(= It is almost impossible to read your writing)
- Do you think this water is safe to drink?,
not ...to drink it?
- Adolfo is very interesting to talk
to, not ...to talk to him.
You can also use this structure with an adjective + noun:
- This is a very difficult question to
answer, not ...to answer it.
- Adolfo is an interesting person to talk
to.
- I enjoyed the soccer game. It was an exciting game
to watch on TV. |
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THE FIRST, THE SECOND, THE
THIRD...
We use the infinitive after the first, the second, the
third, etc., and also after the next and the last:
- Who was the first person to reach
the South Pole?
- If I have any more news, you'll be the first
to know.
- The next plane to arrive at
gate 15 will be Flight 566 from Bariloche.
- Who was the last person to leave
OM Personal building last night? |
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"FEELING" ADJECTIVES
You can use the
infinitive after a number of adjectives to say how someone feels about
something. Let's see these examples:
- I was sorry to hear that your father
is ill.
- Was Tom surprised to see you when
you visited him?
- I was delighted to get your letter
last week.
There are some other adjectives you can use in this way. Why don't you
try and complete these sentences? Use the words in
blue to complete them. (answers will be published in our
next OM News)
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STRUCTURE "IT IS
NICE OF SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING"
This structure is
possible after a number of adjectives, including: nice, kind,
mean, stupid, silly, clever, polite,
careless, generous, foolish.
- It was nice of you to take me
to the airport.
- It was careless of Luciana to leave
the door unlocked when he went out.
- It's stupid of him to give up
his job when he needs the money.
- It was very clever of Sebastian to start
the OM COMPANY business course. |
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GLOSSARY:
hard: difícil; almost:
casi, prácticamente; safe: limpia, segura;
South Pole: Polo Sur;
gate: puerta (para abordar un avión); glad:
contento/a; astonished: sorprendido/a;
kind: amable; polite:
cortés, educado; careless:
descuidado, imprudente; generous:
generoso. |
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