lunes, 28 de septiembre de 2015

IS 'STOP' FOLLOWED BY THE INFINITIVE OR BY THE GERUND?

 In English 'Stop' is normally followed by a gerund. When we stop doing something it means the verb in the gerund is the thing that we ceased to do. It can mean 'stop forever' or 'stop at that moment':
- My mum came home so I stopped playing on my PS4.
- I stopped smoking for health reasons.
- I had had plenty so I stopped drinking.

'Stop', more rarely, can be followed by an infinitive. In this case, we stop an activity in order to do what is indicated in the verb in the infinitive.
- I stopped to rest for a few minutes.
- He was shopping and she stopped to get a bite to eat.
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viernes, 25 de septiembre de 2015

viernes, 11 de septiembre de 2015

USES OF THE CONJUNCTION 'WHETHER':

In English, with the conjunction ‘whether’ we are not talking about if it will rain or be windy even though it is phonetically identical to ‘weather’. It is a difficult conjunction to understand. It often creates some confusion and students shy away from using it. It basically has 3 uses:

1. Implement it to mean ‘sin importar si’. For instance, ‘we will go to the match whether it rains or not’ would be translated by ‘sin importar si llueve o no, iremos al partido.’ We could also place the conjunction at the start of the sentence by saying something like: ‘whether you want to or not, you will do it’ meaning ‘sin importar si quieres o no, lo harás!’

The other 2 uses will be posted shortly! Thanks for reading!
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