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Auf C1 geht es nicht mehr um Richtigkeit, sondern um Wirkung. Der Unterschied zwischen «I suggest you go» und «you might want to go» ist grammatisch keine Frage mehr, sondern eine Frage des Tons.

Dazu kommen die Bauformen, die man im Alltag umgehen kann und im geschriebenen Portugues überall trifft: Inversion, Partizipialsätze, Nominalisierung, das ganze Gerüst geschriebener Sprache.

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The future

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C1The pronoun in the middleA pronoun wedged into the middle of the verb — English has nothing remotely like it.

Can, want, must

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C1Rules and signs« No smoking » is a gerund; here the sign takes an infinitive.

Conditions

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C1The condition that is over« If I had known, I would have come » — the same shape, and the participle never moves.C1Connectors instead of se« Provided that » is desde que — and with the wrong mood it means « since ».

The finishing touches

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C1Moving the subject« Your mother did » has no equivalent; here the answer is the word order.C1The nominal style« After leaving » has no form here, so the choice is a noun or a clause.C1Hedging and softeningYour hedging sits in a modal verb; here it sits in which word you pick — and it changes the mood.