LAS LENGUAS INGLESA Y ESPAÑOLA de Delfín Carbonell

Amy Tan calls syntax "The arful arrangement of words." With perfect syntax we can deliver our ideas properly.  Chaotic syntax shows imperfect thinking. Let me give you some "amusing" examples of wrong syntax: ● “She was carrying a table with two broken legs.” (Whose legs were broken?) ● “Abraham Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address while traveling from Washington to Gettysburg on the back of an envelope” (Was he traveling on the back of an envelope?) ● “FOR SALE: Mahogany table by a lady with Chippendale legs.” (The lady has Chippendale legs?) ● “Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years in Checkout Counter” (18 years in a checkout counter? They must be tired.)

  Negative adverbs: never, seldom ever, barely, hardly, rarely, not only, nor, nowhere. Estos adverbios pueden abrir una frase para dar énfasis, y en ese caso se invierte el orden como si fuese pregunta: I seldom work on Sundays / Seldom do I work on Sundays She will never do that again / Never will she do that again You will find this nowhere else / Nowhere else will you find this I seldom visited her in those days / Seldom did I visit her in those days We rarely drink after six / Rarely do we drink after six. He insulted me and also took my car / Not only did he insult me, he also took my car.   Ejemplo con nor , tampoco: But there was no evidence that it set off hormonal changes. Nor did the researchers find evidence of toxicity.