Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Emphasis in English. Part 2: Expressing Annoyance
We use the Simple Present to express habits: She always smiles at people.
But what happens when you want to express an annoying habit or the idea that something irritating or shocking always happens?
We use the Present Continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly".
Its meaning is like Simple Present, but with negative emotion; there is often an element of criticism with this structure
Compare these sentences:
• She is always coming to class late.
• He is constantly sending text messages. I wish he would stop.
But what happens when you want to express an annoying habit or the idea that something irritating or shocking always happens?
We use the Present Continuous with words such as "always" or "constantly".
Its meaning is like Simple Present, but with negative emotion; there is often an element of criticism with this structure
Compare these sentences:
- Juan always asks questions about the lesson. ( a fact)
- Juan is always asking questions about the lesson. ( annoying)
- My teacher always loses her keys.(a fact)
- My teacher is always losing her keys! (annoying)
• She is always coming to class late.
• He is constantly sending text messages. I wish he would stop.
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| • I don't like them because they are always having arguments. |
Annoying situations at work
'Every workplace has employees who irk others with their strange
habits. While some habits can be tolerated, others are just plain
unacceptable, and ought to be done away with. Find out which employee
behavior are ranked the most annoying!'
Click on the link to read and listen more about annoying situations at work (or anywhere)
Click on the link to read and listen more about annoying situations at work (or anywhere)
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/10most-annoying-employee-behaviors.html
Monday, March 24, 2014
Emphasis in English. Part I
I do like English.
There are several ways to add emphasis to your sentences in English. You use emphasis when when you are expressing your opinions, disagreeing, making strong suggestions, expressing annoyance, etc.
Today we will see the emphatic do.
We normally use the auxiliary do/does (present) or did (past) in negative and interrogative sentences.
I don't like football. Dou you like foobootball?
She doesn't speak English. Does she speak English?
He doesn't love you. Does he love you?
They don't watch TV on weekdays. Do they watch TV on weekdays?
We didn't see the film. Did you see the film?
However, we use it in affirmative sentences when we want to place strong emphasis on what we are saying to show that we feel strongly about it in a positive way. In all these cases, do/does/did is pronounced with strong stress.
You don't like fooball, do you? - I do like football. In fact, I love it.
She doesn't speak English. - She does speak English. She's from London.
He didn't invite us. - He did invite you, but you ignored him.
Examples and their tranlation into Spanish:
1.- Naturally, we don't always have horses available that are already trained and ready for Grand Prix participation immediately, but we do have them on occasion.
hesselhof.com
Como es lógico, no siempre tenemos caballos de categoría Grand-Prix adiestrados que estén ya listos para la competición, pero sí con cierta frecuencia.
2.- I really do like to share my stories and experience with my peers. familychildcaresf.org
Realmente me gusta compartir mis historias y experiencias con mis compañeros.
3.- I don't know if there's a measure of how many of them resonate as passionately as I do, but they do listen. ourplanet.com
No sé si es posible medir la cantidad de personas que sienten tan apasionadamente como yo, pero el hecho es que escuchan.
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Sunday, March 23, 2014
Speaking
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