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USE:
El infinitivo se utiliza en lugar de una oración de sustantivo que empieza con una
de las siguientes palabras WHO, WHAT, WHICH, WHEN, WHERE, WHOSE, HOW,
HOW MUCH, HOW MANY, o WHETHER, cuando el sujeto del primer verbo también
es responsable de la segunda acción.
FORM:
[MAIN CLAUSE + WHO, WHAT, etc. + Infinitive]
EXAMPLES:
"Mike doesn't know where to buy a ticket."
(Mike doesn't know where he should buy a ticket.)
EXAMPLE:
"I went to the store to buy some milk."
(I went to the store so that I could buy some milk.)
EXAMPLES:
"I don't know how to get home from here."
"I've no idea who to ask for advice."
"I called him to make an appointment for tomorrow."
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RELATIVE CLAUSES
USE:
Dar información que ayuda a identificar uno de los sustantivos de la oración. La
oración de relativo sigue inmediatamente al sustantivo que describe.
EXAMPLES:
"He's the man who's wearing a black hat."
"The dress which you wore yesterday was beautiful."
"The apples that you brought are wonderful."
USE:
Cuando el sujeto del verbo de la oración de relativo es el mismo que el el
sustantivo del cual hablamos.
FORM:
EXAMPLES:
"He's the man who/that wrote this book."
"Let's see the movie which/that won the prize."
"I've forgotten everything that happened."
"Bill's the man who called me last night."
"Where is the factory that makes those chairs?"
USE:
Cuando el sujeto del verbo de la oración de relativo no es el mismo que el
sustantivo del cual hablamos.
FORM:
Estas oraciones de relativo comienzan con los pronombres relativos:
WHO (para personas)/ WHOM (en inglés muy formal)
WHICH (para animales o cosas),
THAT (para personas, animales o cosas y para las palabras EVERYTHING,
NOTHING, SOMETHING, o ANYTHING)
EXAMPLES:
"Frederick is the man (who/that/whom) I work with."
"Here's the book (which/that) you lent me."
"Tell me everything (that) you remember."
EXAMPLES:
"The lady with whom you were dancing is my wife."
OR
"The lady (that) you were dancing with is my wife."
EXAMPLES:
"That's the house where Shakespeare lived."
"1492 was the year when Christopher Columbus crossed the Atl