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Reason and Purpose: Giving Coherence

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Docente: María Ángeles Pérez

Resumen

Reason and Purpose: Giving Coherence

Puntos clave

​Los linkers y connectors, también llamados linking words, son palabras o expresiones que se utilizan para enlazar ideas o frases entre sí. Su uso aportará coherencia a tus textos y te ayudará a relacionar ideas.


Info 1: Linking words of reason

Los linkers y connectors of reason explican el motivo por el que ocurre una acción, del mismo modo que se haría con because. Añade variedad a tus textos con todas estas opciones:


LINKING WORD

MEANING

EXAMPLE

Since
Ya que
Since you failed the exam, you are grounded for a week
As
Como
As it was raining, we stayed home
Due to (+noun)
Debido a
I couldn't sleep due to the noise
Owing to (+noun)
Debido a
Owing to your bad behaviour, you are not allowed to go to the party
Because of (+noun)
Debido a
Tom is afraid of dogs because of the poodle that bit him
As a result of
Debido a
I broke my leg and as a result of this, I won't play that match
Seeing that
En vista de
Seeing that you lost you ID card, you won't be able to fly
On account of
A causa de
The concert was cancelled on account of the bad weather


Recuerda que: Detrás de due to, owing to, because of y as a result of hay que usar un sintagma nominal.


Info 2: Linking words of purpose

Las linking words of purpose se usan para indicar el objetivo, propósito o finalidad por la que se realiza una acción.


LINKING WORD

MEANING

EXAMPLE

In order to
Para
I study French in order to understand my grandfather
So as to
Para
She is saving money so as to buy a house
So that
Con el fin de
We work hard so that we can have a great honeymoon
Lest
Por miedo a
He never shows his poems to anyone lest people won't like them

Recuerda que: In order to y so as to deben ir seguidos por un infinitivo. Por otro lado, lest es un linker casi en desuso, muy formal y literario, pero puede resultarte útil en casos en los que tengas que escribir a una figura de autoridad o un essay académico.



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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Qué son los linkers of purpose?

Son los que indican el objetivo, propósito, o finalidad por la que se realiza una acción, como "in order to" o "so as to".

¿Qué actividades se pueden hacer en casa para mejorar?

Puedes intentar descifrar la letra de tus canciones favoritas. ¡Apunta las palabras que aparezcan!

¿Qué son los linkers of reason?

Son aquellos que explican el motivo por el que ocurre una acción, del mismo modo que se haría con because. Algunos de ellos son since, that, seeing that o as a result of.

¿Qué son los linkers y connectors?

Son palabras o expresiones que se utilizan para enlazar ideas o frases entre sí.

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