Cause and Effect (?)
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When saying a cause and effect phrase, such as "One must study a lot to get good grades.", do you use "a" before the "to get good grades"?
E.G.:
"Hay que estudiar mucho a sacar buenas notas."
or
"Hay que estudiar mucho sacar buenas notas."
The latter looks like it'd be gramtically correct in English, but I'm not so sure if it is in Spanish.
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updated May 7, 2014
posted by Snowjazzy
Oh, thank you! - Snowjazzy, May 7, 2014
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Hay que estudiar mucho para sacar buenas notas.
En este caso la preposición "para" quiere decir algo como "in order to."
updated May 7, 2014
edited by Observer
posted by Observer
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We use the word para for a lot of things, one of its uses it's to say: in order to... for the purpose of...
One must study a lot in order to get good grades.
Hay que estudiar mucho para sacar buenas notas.
Para sacar buenas notas, hay que estudiar mucho.
updated May 7, 2014
posted by aileribel
