Impersonal Prayer (Unimembres)

The sentences, simple or complex, can be divided according to the subject. Those that do have it are personal prayers and those that lack it are logically impersonal.

Impersonal sentences are also known as unimembres, as they are made up of a component, the predicate verb phrase. Therefore, in this type of sentence there are no subjects, neither elliptical, nor implicit.

Types of impersonal sentences

The occasional or occasional impersonal prayers. They are those that are always constructed in the third person plural, for example, "They speak badly of you" or "They call telephone". These types of sentences are special, because in them there is a subject implicit, but they are part of the communication everyday life and, strictly speaking, lack a subject. Due to this, these sentences are sometimes called as "false impersonal", since they do not have a subject but they could have it.

One-person impersonal sentences. They are usually constructed with verbs related to the

meteorology, such as "Yesterday it rained" or "It woke up clear." As you can see there is no subject.

Grammaticalized impersonal sentences, which are formed with three verbs: haber, do and ser. For example, "It's a great day," "There were all kinds of problems," "There was a party yesterday," or "It's still early." With the verbs do and ser, the meaning of the sentences must be related to temporal or natural situations.

Reflex impersonal sentences, which are those that are constructed with the form plus the active verb. For example, "It is studied a lot in Korea" or "The culprits are sought." The word is also used to form passive reflex sentences, for example "Actors are wanted for the play". Consequently, there is an impersonal "I" and a passive "I".

Impersonal sentences are used in language for various reasons

What rule In general, this type of sentence is used because the speaker does not want to communicate who is the subject who performs the action, since he considers it to be irrelevant information or because he prefers to depersonalize his message. Thus, it is not the same to say "he believes that you draft is badly planned "what to say" it is believed that your project is badly planned.

Sometimes impersonal prayer is unavoidable, since there is no subject, as is the case with prayer. description of meteorological phenomena.

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