Using "Siquiera" with an Infinitive?

Question

If I want to say "she has gotten good grades without even studying",

can I say:

"Ha sacado buenas notas sin siquiera estudiar"?

Gracias

Here we never use "gotten " so would say "She got good grades without even studying ". Gotten is archaic English . I now await the avalanche from on high . hahahaha - ray76, Aug 23, 2017

Answer 1

That is perfectly fine.

I agree. - DonBigoteDeLaLancha, Aug 22, 2017

Answer 2

The part about about not studying is obviously a negative connotation so it would sound more natural to say: "Ha sacado buenas notas sin ni siquiera estudiar".

Or without "ni": "Ha sacado buenas notas sin estudiar siquiera".

un gusto verte, juli - 006595c6, Aug 23, 2017

Answer 3

If I want to say "she has gotten good grades without even studying",

can I say:

"Ha sacado buenas notas sin siquiera estudiar"?

elefantita:

The reason it is OK to use the infinitive in a case like this is because the subject of the first clause "Ha sacado buenas notas" is the same as the subject of the second clause "sin siguiera estudiar."

If you changed the sentence, so that the second clause used a different subject, then you would have to conjugate the second verb.

She has gotten good grades without anyone noticing.
Ella ha hecho buenas notas sin que nadie se dé cuenta.

The rule about not having to conjugate if the subject stays the same, and there is no "que" and having to conjugate when there IS a change of subject is a general rule for Spanish.

:) - 006595c6, Aug 23, 2017