Being, found and found
In English, it is okay to use any of these three verbs to indicate the status or state of things and people. However, today, in the journalistic texts and many translations, seems to have a clear preference (bordering on too) for the use of found.
While this is not an objectionable error, the extreme repetition of the same word can tarnish any text, so do not forget the other two verbs and so avoid monotony in our writings.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Bugle Signals & Calls
About 'nuclear'
This word is not a verb but an adjective. The fact that the poor have had the misfortune of being born with the same ending as the infinitives of the first conjugation verbs gives us no right to refer to some variations that are peculiar to verbal inflection. However, it is common to read sentences in which nuclear wrongly used like a verb, usually with a sense of gather or congregate .
Here are two examples of incorrect use:
The union that joins the buses for short, medium and long distance called for the Government Buenos Aires ratify the move announced a week ago. ( Clarín, June 10, 2008).
employees gathered in the Port Union States (SUPA) demanding an increase in income of day laborers. ( Clarín, June 12, 2008).
This word is not a verb but an adjective. The fact that the poor have had the misfortune of being born with the same ending as the infinitives of the first conjugation verbs gives us no right to refer to some variations that are peculiar to verbal inflection. However, it is common to read sentences in which nuclear wrongly used like a verb, usually with a sense of gather or congregate .
Here are two examples of incorrect use:
The union that joins the buses for short, medium and long distance called for the Government Buenos Aires ratify the move announced a week ago. ( Clarín, June 10, 2008).
employees gathered in the Port Union States (SUPA) demanding an increase in income of day laborers. ( Clarín, June 12, 2008).
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Xcenical Side Effects
Query: verb refuse
refuse The word means "unwilling or unable to accept something." When or is tonic in combination, is mandatory in this vocal tilde: refuse, refuse , withhold, refuse , etc.
As a transitive verb, always refuses something : refuses to cooperate with domestic chores . It is incorrect to use with or of .
Nor is it correct to use prepositions to deny, ie pronominal followed by a. Misuse: I refuse to cooperate with domestic chores .
refuse The word means "unwilling or unable to accept something." When or is tonic in combination, is mandatory in this vocal tilde: refuse, refuse , withhold, refuse , etc.
As a transitive verb, always refuses something : refuses to cooperate with domestic chores . It is incorrect to use with or of .
Nor is it correct to use prepositions to deny, ie pronominal followed by a. Misuse: I refuse to cooperate with domestic chores .
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