73. Complex prepositions 3

73. Complex prepositions 3

1. Noun + of + ing o Noun + to-infinitive (72)

   • Algunos nombres pueden ir seguidos tanto de of + -ing o un to-infinitive
     • The idea of setting up / to set up some king of newspaper for young people came from that time.
     • I had the opportunity to do / of doing a course on website design
   • Algunos nombres tienen más de un significado y van seguidos tanto por of + -ing o to-infinitive dependiendo de qué significado se use
     • Young people get the chance to contribute in various ways (chance = oportunidad)
     • The banks thought there was little chance of making it a commercial success (chance = likelihood)
   • Algunos nombres pueden ir seguidos por of + -ing, pero no de un to-infinitive
     • The difficulty of persuading the banks to lend us money meant that we had to borrow money from our parents
   • lgunos nombres pueden ir seguidos por un to-infinitive, pero no de of + -ing
     • We took the decision to work on it for six months

2. Noun + in o Noun + of

   • Utilizamos increase / decrease / rise / fall + in cuando hablamos sobre lo que se incrementa o decrece
     • The recent increase in hits on the website means that we can charge more for advertising space.
   • Increase / decrease / rise / fall + of para hablar sobre la cantidad de un incremento o decrecimiento
     • We’ve had an increase of about 50% in the last three months alone.

3. Adjetivo + preposición: expresando sentimientos (73)

   • Muchos adjetivos que se refieren a emociones u opiniones van seguidos por preposiciones particulares
     • Young people seem generally very enthusiastic about the site

4. Adjetivo + preposiciones: significados diferentes (74)

   • Algunos adjetivos van seguidos por diferentes preposiciones, dependiendo del significado
     • I knew they were concerned about what was going on in the world (Concerned about = worried about)
     • We have reviews section, which is concerned with films, CDs, DVDs and books (Concerned with = to do with)

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