C2Orden de las palabras25 min
Anteposición para enfatizar y para la concesión
Fronting for emphasis and concession
Mueve palabras al principio para enfatizar, y expresa la concesión con formas como Strange as it may seem.
Normalmente el inglés pone primero el sujeto, pero los buenos escritores anteponen (front) un elemento, es decir, lo colocan al principio de la oración, para crear énfasis, contraste o un enlace fluido con la oración anterior. Algunas estructuras con anteposición necesitan inversion, y otras no.
| Estructura | Estructura | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| Fronted place or direction + motion verb | adverbial + verb + subject | Down the lane rolled the old cart. |
| Fronted complement | complement + be + subject | Key to the plan is the support of the staff. |
| Fixed fronted phrases | gone / here / there + verb | Gone are the days of easy credit. |
| Concession with adjective, adverb or verb | adjective + as / though + subject + verb | Strange as it may seem, the quietest room was the busiest. |
| Concession with much / try | much as; try as + subject + might | Try as he might, he could not open the lid. |
| Emphatic auxiliary | subject + do / does / did + base verb | She does deserve the prize. |
| Fronted object for contrast | object + subject + verb | That I cannot accept. |
En la concessive fronting (anteposición concesiva), el adjetivo, el adverbio o el verbo va primero y le sigue as o though, nunca although: Hard though it was, Kofi admitted the mistake. Con much, decimos Much as I admire her courage, I cannot support the plan. La inversión con be también aparece después de complementos antepuestos: Also important is the cost of training.
- Up the steps ran the children, laughing loudly.
- Here comes the bus at last!
- Brave as the rescuers were, they could not enter the tunnel.
- Not a single word of apology did she offer.
- I rarely praise anyone, but Aiko really does deserve it.
Ejercicio 1 de 2
Elige la forma correcta
Elige la opción que completa correctamente cada oración.
Ejercicio 2 de 2
Completa la oración
Escribe la palabra que falta. Cuando se da un verbo entre paréntesis, escribe la forma que encaje.
Try she might, Mina could not remember the password.
I don't often praise people, but Aiko really deserve it.
Up the steps (run) the children, laughing and shouting.
Here (come) the bus at last!
Not for one moment she doubt that the team would succeed.
Standing at the centre of the debate (be) the question of funding.
Important the cost is, the quality of the materials matters even more.
Tomás is not rich, nor he want to be.
Fuente
Lección original de Joy English.
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