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Which alternative is correct?
(A) He is
selling a two-person tent.
(B) It is important to follow the postgraduates regulations.
(C) I need this plier to fix the machine.
(D) She paid me twenty dollars, now she owes me other twenty dollars.
(E) I don't
have some money.
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Resposta:
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Which alternative is correct?
(A) He is selling a two-person tent.
§ CORRETA porque TWO-PERSON é um adjetivo composto que qualifica o substantivo TENT (barraca portátil) formando corretamente a noun phrase “a two-person tent”.
§ ESTRUTURA: ADJETIVO COMPOSTO + SUBSTANTIVO.
§ He is selling a two-person tent.
§ Ele está vendendo uma barraca de duas pessoas.
§ MAPA MENTAL:
§ I saw a
man-eating alligator. (Eu vi um jacaré
comedor de homens.)
§ I saw a man eating
alligator. (Eu vi um homem
comendo um jacaré.)
(B) It is important to follow the postgraduates regulations.
§ INCORRETA porque, na sentença, devemos usar POSTGRADUATE (not: postgraduates
) no singular, funcionando adequadamente
como adjetivo composto e qualificando o substantivo REGULATIONS.
§ Sentença corregida:
§ It is important to follow the postgraduate regulations.
§ É importante seguir os regulamentos de pós-graduação.
§ MAPA MENTAL:
(C) I need this plier to fix the machine.
§ INCORRETA porque é PLIERS
(not: plier) por se tratar de PLURAL-ONLY NOUN (Substantivo que têm forma
plural fixa com a letra “S” no final da palavra).
§ Não existe a palavra PLIER.
§ ATENÇÃO: No caso de concordância verbal (SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT)?
§ 1 PLIERS (a pair of pliers) → verbo no singular.
§ Mais de 2 PLIERS → verbo no plural.
§ Sentença da questão corregida:
§ I need this pair of pliers to fix the machine.
§ Preciso desse alicate para consertar a máquina.
§ MAPA MENTAL:
ü Pass me that pair of pliers, please. [Cambridge
Dictionary]
ü Needle-nose pliers (alicate de ponta fina) -
[Merriam-webster Dictionary]
ü The pliers have to be applied and the
tooth extracted. [Cambridge Dictionary]
ü Grasp the
protruding edge of the plug with the
pliers. [Merriam-webster Dictionary]
ü Some anglers
prefer to clamp a pair of pliers on
the hook. [Merriam-webster Dictionary]
ü This includes
a net, forceps or needle-nosed pliers and a camera if a photo is
desired. . [Merriam-webster Dictionary]
ü Make a
temporary hook from a metal coat hanger by using pliers to cut off the angled wire on one side and to shorten the
other side to 10 inches or so. [Merriam-webster Dictionary]
(D) She paid me twenty dollars, now she owes me other twenty dollars.
§ INCORRETA porque, no contexto, devemos usar ANOTHER TWENTY DOLLARS (not: other twenty dollars).
§ Usamos o determinante OTHER com Singular Uncountable Noun ou Plural Noun. [Cambridge Dictionary]
§ Usamos o determinante ANOTHER com Singular Noun.
§ TWENTY DOLLARS means “An amount of currency” e portanto está no SINGULAR.
§ Então, se “TWENTY DOLLARS” é uma expressão no singular, então devemos usar o determiner ANOTHER.
§ Sentença corregida.
§ She paid me twenty dollars, now she owes me another twenty dollars.
§ Ela me pagou vinte dólares, agora ela me deve outra quantia de vinte dólares.
§ MAPA MENTAL - ANOTHER:
(E) I don't have some money.
§ INCORRETA porque na sentença negativa acima, deveremos usar ANY (not: I don't have some
money).
§ Oração Corregida → I don't have any money. (Não tenho dinheiro.)
§ MAPA MENTAL - ANY:
§ ANY é um determinante que se refere a uma quantidade indefinida ou número e usada NORMALMENTE em NEGATIVE CLAUSES (Orações Negativas).
§ MAS ATENÇÃO: Usamos ANY (e derivados: anything, anybody, anyone ) em AFFIRMATIVE CLAUSES que tenha palavras com significado NEGATIVO ou LIMITANTE.
ü Wars never solve anything. [Cambridge Dictionary]
ü I've never heard anything so ridiculous. [Cambridge Dictionary]
ü There was hardly any food left by the time we got there. [Cambridge Dictionary]
ü Is there any of that lemon cake left? [Cambridge
Dictionary]
ü Is there any more soup? [Cambridge Dictionary]
ü I haven't
seen any of his movies. [Cambridge
Dictionary]