Vanskelige verbalmønstre

Tell

Udsagnsordet tell kræver normalt, at den som fortælles noget, er tilstede i sætningen. Det gør det danske udsagnsord fortælle ikke.

tell someone that
tell that
This tells that something is wrong.
This tells us that something is wrong.

Nogle gange kan man omformulere med say that.

Help

help do something
help to do something
help doing something
help someone to do something
help someone do something
help someone doing something

Make

make someone do something
make someone does something
make someone doing something
made someone do something
made someone did something

Cause

cause something to do something
cause someone to do something
cause that something
cause that someone

This caused that Nike had to  change what they were doing.
This caused Nike to change what they were doing.

Prøv eventuelt at omformulere med: The result is that...

Succeed

Someone succeeds in +ing
Det lykkes nogen at gøre noget
Someone succeeds in doing something
Det lykkedes Peter at nå sit mål.
Peter succeeded in achieving his goal.

Allow

allow someone to do something
allow something to so something