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49. Adverbial clauses 3
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49. Adverbial clauses 3
Utilizamos although (o, menos formal, though) para decir que hay un contraste sorprendente entre lo que pasa en la oración principal y la oración adverbial
- Sometimes I get up in the night and have a snack, although I know it’s bad for me.
- Para introducir una oración concesiva que sugiere el significado opuesto de la oración principal
- Although I don’t enjoy cooking, I prepare a meal…
- Podemos utilizar despite the fact that / in spite of the fact that o in spite of + -ing con un significado similar a although
- Despite the fact that / In spite of the fact that I know all about the theory of...
- Despite (my) knowing / In spite of (my) knowing about the theory of…
- Podemos utilizar while con un significado similar a although
- Although / While (más formal) I’d like to spend more time over breakfast, it’s just impossible
Podemos usar while o whereas para decir que hay un contraste con algo en la oración principal
- If I got hungry at school, I’d buy a chocolate bar, whereas / while nowadays I’ll eat some fruit.
Whilst, es más formal que while
- Consultar parte relacionada con even if e even though
Oraciones de razón
- Utilizar una oración adverbial con because
- La preposición because of puede también ser utilizada antes de un nombre o una frase nombre para dar una razón por algo
- Alternativas formales a because son as, since y for
- She made a particular effort because / since / as I was often ill as a child
- Alternativas informales son seeing that y seeing as
- En contextos formales podemos también utilizar oraciones comenzadas por inasmuch as (in as much as) e in that como aclaración
- I’m quite a good cook inasmuch as / in that I can easily follow most recipes.
- Utilizar una oración adverbial con because
Oraciones de propósito y resultado
- Podemos utilizar in order / so as + to-infinitive
- I have to get out by 7.30 in order to catch / so as to catch my bus.
- Informalmente, es más común utilizar un to-infinitive
- I have to get out by 7.30 to catch my train
- En negativos, preferimos utilizar in order not / so as not + to-infinitive
- I like to make something myself so as not to / in order not to eat processed food all the time.
- En frases contrastativas, podemos utilizar not … to-infinitive, but...to-infinitive
- I buy ready meals not to eat well, but to eat quickly
- Utilizamos también in order that y so that para hablar de propósito
- Utilizamos también verbos modales después de in order / so that
- Podemos utilizar in order / so as + to-infinitive
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- Inglés (English C2) Mind Map on 49. Adverbial clauses 3, created by Héctor León on 07/09/2020.
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