58. Informative clauses

58. Informative clauses

1. that- clause

   • Los verbos informativos pueden ir seguidos de un número de estructuras en la oración informativa
   • Verb + that
     • Sue reckoned that the expansion would damage tourism
   • Verb + object + that
     • He convinced me that noise wouldn’t be a problem for us
   • Verb + (object) + that
     • She warned (us) that the airport authorities were not telling the truth
   • Verb + that or verb + object + to-infinitive
     • I found that his reassurances were quite convincing
     • I found his reassurances to be quite convincing (más formal)
   • Verb + (to / with + object) + that
     • They admitted (to us) that they’re not sure exactly how many people it will attract
   • Tell y say en la oración informativa
     • They told us that the expansion would create around 2000 jobs (tell + object + that)
     • They said (to us) that it might increase tourism in the region (say + [to + object] + that)
   • Solemos dejar fuera el that en contextos informales, particularmente con los verbos informales más comunes (reckon, say, tell, think)
     • No solemos dejarlo fuera si la that-clause no sigue inmediatamente al verbo
       • Sue reckoned (that) the expansion would actually damage tourism