Much as I admire her, try as he might: vooropplaatsing om toe te geven

Voorbeelden

1. Strange as it may seem, I actually enjoy long train journeys.

   Hoe vreemd het ook mag lijken, ik geniet echt van lange treinreizen.

2. Much as I admire her work, I cannot support this proposal.

   Hoezeer ik haar werk ook bewonder, ik kan dit voorstel niet steunen.

3. Try as he might, he could not remember her name.

   Hoe hij het ook probeerde, hij kon zich haar naam niet herinneren.

4. Exhausted though they were, the volunteers kept working until dawn.

   Hoe uitgeput ze ook waren, de vrijwilligers werkten door tot de ochtend.

Veelgemaakte fouten

• ✗Fout: As tired as I was, I finished the report.

  ✓Goed: Tired as I was, I finished the report.

  In formeel Brits Engels komt het bijvoeglijk naamwoord vooraan, zonder eerste as.

• ✗Fout: Try as he might, but he failed.

  ✓Goed: Try as he might, he failed.

  De vooropgeplaatste zin geeft al toe; voeg geen but toe.

• ✗Fout: Much I as like him, I don’t trust him.

  ✓Goed: Much as I like him, I don’t trust him.

  Volgorde: much + as + onderwerp + werkwoord.

Oefenvragen

Probeer elke vraag eerst zelf en open dan „Toon antwoord” voor de oplossing en de reden.

1. 1Kies de juiste zin.

   Welke zin betekent hetzelfde?

   Much as I love my job, I need a break.

   1. AAlthough I love my job a lot, I need a break.
   2. BI need a break so that I can love my job.
   3. CBecause I love my job, I need a break.
   4. DI love my job as much as I need a break.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: A Although I love my job a lot, I need a break.

   Much as = hoezeer … ook.

2. 2Kies de juiste zin.

   1. AStrange it as sounds, the plan might work.
   2. BStrange as sounds it, the plan might work.
   3. CStrange as it sounds, the plan might work.
   4. DAs strange it sounds, the plan might work.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: C Strange as it sounds, the plan might work.

   bijvoeglijk naamwoord + as + onderwerp + werkwoord.

3. 3Verander de zin.

   Zet het bijvoeglijk naamwoord vooraan als toegeving.

   Although she was nervous, she gave an excellent speech.

   1. ANervous she as was, she gave an excellent speech.
   2. BNervous as she was, she gave an excellent speech.
   3. CNervous as was she, she gave an excellent speech.
   4. DAs nervous she was, she gave an excellent speech.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: B Nervous as she was, she gave an excellent speech.

   Nervous + as + she + was.

4. 4Kies de juiste zin.

   Wat betekent de zin?

   Try as they might, they could not open the safe.

   1. AThey might try to open it later.
   2. BThey tried a little and then opened it.
   3. CThey did not try to open the safe.
   4. DHowever hard they tried, they failed to open it.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: D However hard they tried, they failed to open it.

   Try as they might = hoe ze het ook probeerden.

5. 5Vul het gat in.

   Try as she _____, she couldn’t get the lid off.

   1. Adid
   2. Bdoes
   3. Cwill
   4. Dmight
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: D Try as she might, she couldn’t get the lid off.

   werkwoord + as + onderwerp + might.

6. 6Deze zin klopt niet. Kies de verbetering.

   As hard as he worked, but he never got promoted.

   1. AHard as he worked, he never got promoted.
   2. BHard as he worked, but he never got promoted.
   3. CHard he worked as, he never got promoted.
   4. DAs he hard worked, he never got promoted.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: A Hard as he worked, he never got promoted.

   Vooropgeplaatste toegeving, en geen but in de hoofdzin.

7. 7Zet de woorden in de juiste volgorde.

   Much as I respect him I think he is wrong

   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: Much as I respect him I think he is wrong.

   Much as geeft toe; de hoofdzin spreekt tegen.

8. 8Kies de juiste zin.

   Wat is het formeelst?

   Four ways to concede a point.

   1. ASounds unlikely, but yeah, the figures are fine.
   2. BI know, weird, but the figures are right.
   3. CUnlikely as it may seem, the figures are correct.
   4. DIt seems unlikely, but the figures are right.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: C Unlikely as it may seem, the figures are correct.

   Vooropgeplaatste toegeving hoort bij formeel schrijven.

9. 9Kies de juiste zin.

   1. AExhausted we though were, we carried on walking.
   2. BExhausted though we were, we carried on walking.
   3. CExhausted though were we, we carried on walking.
   4. DThough exhausted we were, we carried on walking.
   Toon antwoord

   Antwoord: B Exhausted though we were, we carried on walking.

   though werkt als as: bijvoeglijk naamwoord + though + onderwerp + werkwoord.

10. 10Verander de zin.

    Zet het werkwoord vooraan als toegeving.

    However hard I try, I can’t understand this form.

    1. ATry as I may, but I can’t understand this form.
    2. BAs I try might, I can’t understand this form.
    3. CTry as I might, I can’t understand this form.
    4. DMight I try as, I can’t understand this form.
    Toon antwoord

    Antwoord: C Try as I might, I can’t understand this form.

    werkwoord + as + onderwerp + might, zonder but.