domingo, 7 de junho de 2009

Como usar Must and Have to

Must and have to is used to say that it is necessary to do something. Sometimes is does not make difference which you use:

  • It is becoming later. I have to go. or I must go.

But there is a difference between have to and must and sometimes this is important:

Must is personal, we use must when we give our personal feelings:

You must do something = I (the speaker) say it is necessary;

  • She is a really nice person. You must meet her.(=I say this is necessary)
  • I have not called Mary for ages. I must call her tonight.

Have to is impersonal, we use have to for facts, not for our personal feelings:

You have to do something because of a rule or situation;

  • You cannot turn left here. You have to turn right (because of the traffic system)
  • Mike can't go to the movie with us tonight. He has to work.

Now, compare:

  • I must get up early tomorrow. There are a lot of things I want to do.
  • I have to get up early tomorrow. I am going away and my train leaves at 8:00.

Note: If you are not sure which one to use, it is safer to use have to.

You can use must to talk about present or future, but not the past:

  • We must go now.
  • We must tomorrow.

You can use have to in all forms:

  • I had to go to school.(past)
  • Have you had to go to school.(present perfect)

In questions and negative sentences with have to, we use: do, does, did.

See you folks.

sábado, 6 de junho de 2009

Como se usa Enough

Uso de enough após adjetivos e advérbios:
- She did not get the job because she was not experienced(Adjetivo) enough;
- I won´t pass the examination if I don´t work hard(Advérbio) enough;
quando se trata substântivo, enough é usado antes do substântivo:
- She didn´t get the job because she didn´t have enough experience(neste caso experience é substântivo).
Mais alguns exemplos:
- I would buy a car if I had enough money;
- The water is not clean enough to swim;
- The exam was easy enough to pass.
Bem, por hoje é só. Se essa dica foi útil pra você, indique a alguém.
Bye.

Usando a palavra very

Very - palavra que usamos dar enfâse ao um adjetivo ou advérbio, por exemplo:

She is very smart (adjetivo)
Thank you very much (advérbio)

Há outras maneiras que podemos usá-lo:

para dizer que alguma coisa é exatamente igual a outra - the very same(He bought the very same shirt as me);

para enfatizar algo que pertença à alguém - your very own(Julie is thinking of having her very own car).

Well, por enquanto é só...see you next time.

sexta-feira, 5 de junho de 2009

Pontuação - O uso da vírgula na Língua Inglesa

Diferente da nossa Língua Portuguesa, o uso da "vírgula" no Inglês é bastante flexível, isso devido ao fato de ser uma entonação diferente e nem sempre tão pausada como é o Português. Mas, sem me aprofundar muito neste assunto, vou deixar uma dica: Não se usa vírgula após a palavra PLEASE, temos a tendência de, por influência das nossas regras gramaticais e entonação, de dizermos assim:

Please, give me the book.

Em Inglês falamos diretamente "please give me the book", não sendo necessário essa pausa após o please, e claro o uso da vígula.

Então, para não errar, coloque o please no final da frase ficando assim "give me the book please".

Resumindo: Please do not use a comma after please.

See you...

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