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NOUN PHRASES IN RELATIVE CLAUSES
Qu es una frase sustantiva?

Una frase sustantiva es tanto un pronombre o cualquier grupo

de palabras que pueden ser reemplazadas por un pronombre. Por
ejemplo, 'they', 'cars', y 'the cars' son frases sustantivas, pero 'car' es
slo un sustantivo.

Una frase sustantiva contiene un determinante (visible o no) y un

sustantivo.
Noun phrase + relative clause

1. Una frase sustantivada est integrada por un sustantivo ms una

clusula relativa. No es una oracin completa. Una clusula relativa
es una clusula dependiente que incluye un sujeto y un verbo que
modifica a un sustantivo. Este tipo de clusulas describen o aportan
informacin adicional sobre el sustantivo.

Argentina is + a country (that) I'd like to live in.

(Argentina es + un pas en el que me gustara vivir)

2. La frase sustantivada puede estar ubicada antes o despus del

verbo BE.

A country (that) I'd like to live in + is Argentina.

Argentina is + a country (that) I'd like to live in.

3. El pronombre relativo THAT puede incluirse u omitirse en este

tipo de oraciones con frases sustantivadas.

A country that I'd like to live in is Argentina.

A country I'd like to live in is Argentina.

Argentina is a country that I'd like to live in.

Argentina is a country I'd like to live in.

4. Con una clusula relativa referente a lugares, es posible usar el

adverbio WHERE. Sin embargo, ten presente que, en esos casos, la
preposicin (IN, TO, etc.) debe eliminarse.

Argentina is a country that I'd like to live in.

(Argentina es un pas en el que me gustara vivir)

Argentina is a country where I'd like to live. in

(Argentina es un pas donde me gustara vivir)

Argentina is a country that I'd like to go to.

(Argentina es un pas al que me gustara ir)

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Argentina is a country where I'd like to go.

(Argentina es un pas donde me gustara ir)

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Examples
Q: Do you like cars?
A: Yes, I like them.
Q: Do you like the cars over there?
A: Yes, they are nice.
Q: Do you like the car I bought last week?
A: Yes, I like it. (Note: 'It' refers to 'the car', not 'car')

Ya que algunos verbals -- en particular, el gerundio y el infinitivo

pueden actuar como sustantivos, tambin forman el ncleo de una
frase sustantiva:

Ice fishing is a popular winter pastime.

Una frase con gerundio o con infinitivo, es una frase sustantiva

que se forma de un verbal, sus modificadores (tanto adjetivos y
adverbios), y sus objetos:

Running a marathon in the summer is thirsty work. I am planning to

buy a house next month.

Subject

Small children often insist that they can do it by themselves.

Object of a verb

To read quickly and accurately is Eugene's goal.

Object of a preposition

The arctic explorers were caught unawares by the spring breakup.

Subject complement

Frankenstein is the name of the scientist not the monster.

Object complement

I consider Loki my favorite cat.

The structure of noun phrases
Como se dijo, las frases sustantivas pueden ser infinitas en longitud, pero
sonaran absurdas si se extendieran demasiado. De modo que tomemos
la siguiente frase como modelo:
"The very tall education consultant with the roving eye"

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La estructura de esta frase sustantiva contiene tres secciones:

Pre-modification

The =determiner

very =adverb (intensifying)

tall = adjective

education = pre-modifying noun

Head noun

consultant

Post-modification

with the roving eye = preposition phrase

EXISTEN CUATRO FRASES SUSTANTIVAS COMPLEJAS EN ESTA SECCIN:

The accident happened at around 3pm on Wednesday. A man

climbing nearby who saw the accident said It was the most amazing
rescue I have ever seen. 42-year-old Joe Candler saw Miss Johnsons
fall along with his partner Fay Hamilton.

The rescue is the latest in a series of incidents on High Peak. In

January last year two men walking on the peak were killed in a fall
when high winds blew them off the mountain.

Completa las respuestas en los espacios en blanco. En todos los casos

omite el pronombre relativo THAT. Verifica luego las respuestas
correctas.
1. Would you be uncomfortable with leaving your family?

One thing is leaving my family.

2. Would you feel comfortable about traveling alone?

Something .. is traveling alone.

3. Would you be enthusiastic about making new friends?

The one thing is making new friends

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4. Would you be curious about the way people live in Africa?

The thing is the way people live

in Africa.

5. Would you be anxious about spending too much money?

The only thing is spending too

much money.