60. Informative clauses 3

60. Informative clauses 3

1. Verbos modales en información

   • Will cambia a would, can a could y may normalmente cambia a might
     • It may increase tourism in the area → They said it might increase tourism in the region
     • Si la situación sobre la que informarmos aún existe o está en el futuro, los modales no cambian
       • We’ll be displaying copies of the plans in the village hall
         • They say they’ll be putting copies of the plans in the village hall.
     • La misma forma si hay un verbo en tiempo pasado
       • The expansion will create 2000 jobs → They told us that the expansion will / would create around 2000 jobs
   • Shall
     • Cambia a would para hablar sobre el futuro
       • I shall decide later → He said he would decide later.
     • Cambia a should para informar sobre sugerencias, recomendaciones y peticiones de consejo
       • What shall we do next? → He asked what they should do next.
   • Must no cambia o cambia a had to cuando decimos que es necesario hacer algo
     • You must look at the plans before making any decisions
     • He said I must / had to (más natural en discurso) look at the plans before making any decisions
   • Could, should, would, might, ought to y used to no suelen cambiar en la información
     • We ought to write to our local politicians
       • She suggested we ought to write to our local politicians

2. Preguntas de información

   • El orden de palabras habitual en la oración informativa wh-, if- o whether- es el que usaríamos en una declaración
     • How exactly will it boost tourism?
       • I asked how exactly it would boost tourism
   • Podemos utilizar una forma negativa de do para informar sobre una pregunta negativa
     • Why don’t you want the airport to expand?
       • He asked why I didn’t want the airport to expand
   • Si la pregunta original comienza con what, which o who, seguida de be + complemento, podemos poner el complemento antes o después de be
     • Who’s Sue Ray?
       • He asked who Sue Ray was
       • He asked who was Sue Ray
   • Para informar sobre una pregunta con should preguntando por consejo o información, podemos utilizar un to-infinitive
     • What should we do to protest?
       • Someone asked Sue what to do to protest
       • what we should do to protest
   • No utilizamos un to-infinitive para informar una why question
     • Why should we believe them?
       • She wanted to know why we should believe them