Grammar Flashcards
Debido a (4 formas)
Owing to
Due to
Because of
On account of
Tú le haces trabajar
Tú les haces sentir
You make him work
You make them feel
Sin ING, sin TO. Igual que let y help
Tú le haces llorar o trabajar
You make him work
Compared to vs with
There’s a subtle but useful difference between ‘compared to’ and ‘compared with’.
‘Compared to’ -> highlights a similarity between two things.
‘Compared with’ -> does the opposite: it contrasts them.
Verbos que van seguidos de to + infinitivo
Decir
Invitar
Esperar algo de alguien
Rogar
pedir
Te gustaría
Remind vs Remember
Remind– Significa «recordar» y se usa generalmente en el sentido de «recordarle algo a alguien» o de «pedirle a alguien que nos recuerde» algo.
Remember– Significa «recordar», pero se usa generalmente en el sentido de «acordarse» (es decir, de recordar por uno mismo).
https://www.brainlang.com/blog/recordar-en-ingles-cual-es-la-diferencia-entre-remember-y-remind.html
If only es lo mismo que…
Wish
Amount vs number
Amount is used in reference to mass nouns (i.e., uncountable nouns such as bravery, water, and charisma). Number is used in reference to count nouns (i.e., countable nouns such as dog, year, and eyeball).
Be able to + ¿Ing or to?
TO
Cuando vas a pasar la noche en tierra, ¿cómo es? On, in, at…
On land
Vamos joder
Look forward to ¿see or seeing?
Seeinggg
Depend on
Dependent on
Acuérdate
Taken into account
No consided into account
Reputation ¿of or for?
FOR
Talking in events or talking at events
AT
Expert ¿in, on, at?
Experts AT
Permit or allow
En sitiaciones formales, se usa permit para hablar de reglas o leyes.
Nunca se usa allow o be able to para hablar de reglas o leyes, tampoco
What they did was _____ to the police
¿Go or going?
En una frase con la estructura what o all + … did is/was + verb, después del verbo be podemos usar la forma infinitiva de un verbo con o sin to:
What he did was (to) scream.
His apology wasn’t enough _____ him.
a) for me to forgive
b) for me forgiving
For me to
We can use too or enough + for someone + to infinitive.
To do so
We can use do so (or does so, did so, doing so, etc.) to avoid repeating a verb phrase.
Suppose you were climbing a high mountain, wouldn’t it be harder to do so if you kept looking
Like if… ¿Existe para la siguiente frase?
the place looked _____ it had been the stage
No, hay que poner AS IF o AS THOUGH
Long time or a long time
A long time
