PASSIVE II Subordinate Sentences made Passive

JJSE \ Feb 2013

Esta construcción requiere dos oraciones, una principal y una subordinada.

La oración principal:

People think

La oración subordinada:

that Jill is a very intelligent person.

Observamos que la oración principal no tiene Objeto Directo

People think

En realidad SÍ tiene, el Objeto Directo es la oración subordinada:

that Jill is a very intelligent person. What do people think?

La oración principal contiene uno de estos verbos:

acknowledge admitir, reconocer

allege afirmar, alegar

assume suponer

believe creer

claim reclamar, reivindicar

consider considerar

estimate calcular, hacer una estimación, pero no 'sentir estima'

expect esperar = tener esperanza

know saber

make hacer, obligar

presume suponer

report decir, informar

say decir

see ver

think pensar, creer

understand entender

feel sentir

find encontrar, descubrir

Primero: separamos las oración principal de la subodinada

that Jill is a very intelligent person. People think

Segundo: tomamos el sujeto de la oración subordinada…

that is a very intelligent person. People think Jill

y lo colocamos al comienzo.

Tercero: averiguamos el tiempo del verbo principal…

that is a very intelligent person. People think

Jill

= Present Simple think

y ponemos 'to be' después del sujeto, en ese mismo tiempo

that is a very intelligent person. People think

Jill

= Present Simple To be

is

Cuarto: el Past Participle del verbo principal

that is a very intelligent person. People

Jill is

= thought think

thought

think

Quinto: el verbo de la oración subordinada en infinitivo

that a very intelligent person. People

Jill is thought

= to be is

to be

is

Sexto: añadimos el resto de la oración

that People think

Jill is thought to be

a very intelligent person

Final: añadimos el sujeto de la oración principal al final, con 'by'

by people. Jill is thought to be a very intelligent person

¡pero no en este caso!

Un fenómeno indeseable es el uso de un pronombre personal con una referencia posterior:

Tom's sister believe that he is very generous

He is believed to be very generous by Tom's sister.

Esta frase sería correcta si 'He' fuese una persona, y 'Tom' fuese otra persona distinta.

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Corrección:

Tom's sister believe that he is very generous

Tom is believed to be very generous by his sister.