CLAUSES OF CONTRAST and CLAUSES OF PURPOSE, Appunti di Lingua Inglese

Scarica CLAUSES OF CONTRAST and CLAUSES OF PURPOSE e più Appunti in PDF di Lingua Inglese solo su Docsity! CLAUSES OF CONTRAST : ALTHOUGH, EVEN THOUGH, IN SPITE OF , DESPITE (nonostante) Tutte indicano un' IDEA CONTRARIA, ma differiscono per la struttura della frase. IN SPITE OF / DESPITE = sono seguiti da - NOME — PRONOME — GERUNDIO —- THE FACT THAT * SUBJECT+ VERB Ex: IN SPITE OF SUCCESS,THEY NEVER MADE MUCH MONEY DESPITE A HEADACHE, I HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY IN SPITE OF/ DESPITE the fact that she's 85, my mother is still very active. ALTHOUGH / EVEN THOUGH = sono seguiti da SOGGETTO + VERBO She's good at science, even though she struggles in math. Although we saw each other, we didn't know each other THOUGH — può essere usato come although ma è più informale. ALTHOUGH / EVEN THOUGH/ THOUGH — used at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence EVEN THOUGH + is stronger than although/though and is used to express a big or a surprising contrast. THOUGH _— can also be used as an adverb, usually at the end of a sentence, after a comma. In this case, it means HOWEVER. CLAUSES OF PURPOSE : e TO/INORDERTO/ SOASTO > & INFINITIVE IN ORDER TO and SO AS TO are more formal than to. Ex:lI went to the bank to / in order to /so as to/ ask for a loan * useFOR + NOUNO -— Iwentto the bank for a meeting FOR + GERUNDIO — to describe the exact purpose of a thing This liquid is for cleaning metal * SOTHAT + SOGGETTO+ MODAL VERB (CAN, COULD , WOULD ...) I went to the bank so that I could talk to the manager in person. NB: when there is a change of subject in a clause of purpose we use SO THAT + We bought a new car so that the children would have more space * NEGATIVE PURPOSE = SO AS NOT TO / INORDER NOT TO I wrote down what he said SO AS NOT TO / IN ORDER NOT TO forget it