Tham khảo tài liệu 'textbooks write english correctly_09', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | lesson 6 - Interesting Matters of English Syntax THE ABSOLUTE EPXRESSION Sadly enough the party was a great failure. Fortunately enough our team won the play off match. Our team fortunately enough won . 5. SINGLE WORDS Used as Transitional AND OR but NOR FOR SO no comma BESIDES MOREOVER HOWEVER ALSO SIMILARLY SPECIALLY contrawise LIKEWISE consequently B. Phrases as Absolute Construction 1. The Prepositional Phrase Used absolutely In this case the phrase functions as absolute adverb and normally governs the idea of the whole statement in which it appears IN short after all IN GENERAL ON the whole IN fact etc. In fact he s really a good man. In short you don t love me a bit you love yourself only. After all he s your son. Noi cho cung con nguôi ta sinh ra tay trắng va rồi chết đi cung trắng tay. After all men are born with empty hands and then die also with empty hands. Life is neither kind nor mean to anybody. Infact it is fair to everybody. The phrase also functions as trasitional adverbs ON the contrary in the same way in contrast in addition on one hand on the other hand as -212- lesson 6 - Interesting Matters of English Syntax THE RESULT AS THE CONSEQUENCE IN OTHER WORDS etc. 2. The Infinitive Phrase Used Absolutely In this case the phrase usually expresses the writer s or the speaker s attitude towards what is being spoken or written TO BE FRANK TO TELL THE TRUTH TO COME TO THE point to sum up to conclude to be conservative TO SAY AT LEAST etc. My house to be sure can not compare with yours. Đi thẳng vào vấn đề anh muốn gi To come to the point just what do you want Noi tom lai cố ấy rất thống minh. To sum up she is very clever. Thẳng thẳn ma noi anh hinh như khống biềt minh muốn gi nưa. To be frank you don t seem to know what you want. Thanh thực ma noi tối hoan toan thất vong về anh. To be honest sincere I am quite disapointed with you. To be conservative our losses have come up to nearly 1 million dollars. His conduct to say at least is a bit perculiar. To .