Lienzo

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Yes, lienzo is a cloth. I think you are catholic; surely you've ever heard about "la Sábana Santa" (el lienzo en el que envolvieron a Jesús).

Not really I have never heard about thus thing, but thank you for clarifying my doubt.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Chileno - it is stumped, not stomped. I don't know why I find the mistake so funny. Sorry.

By the way, I never thanked you for noticing it. I am still laughing at this...

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

About your last question, I've looked it up in a dictionary and I've found "to canvass", but it's something related to "hacer campaña" when there are elections. Without knowing the meaning of this word in this sentence I had translated your sentence into the following: "la policía acordonó el área para buscar al convicto fugado". But I can't see any relation to the elections in my sentence

"Lienzo" is a word related to construction. You can see a "lienzo" here

http://www.andaluciaimagen.com/foto-...44633I0IA0.htm

Thanks Irma for that link. This is new to me.

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by chileno

"send a self-stomped antelope" (self stamped envelope)...!

Shouldn't that be a self-obsessed stomped antelope? Otherwise how will they know where to deliver it?

[chileno]

Originally Posted by pjt33

Shouldn't that be a self-obsessed stomped antelope? Otherwise how will they know where to deliver it?

That's how it got to be used back then. It is a tagline...

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by poli

Is that St. Veronica's veil or the shroud of Turin?

The shroud of Turin. But St. Veronica's veil is also a "lienzo". It not depends on the size, but on the material it is made of.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

It not depends on the size, but on the material it is made of.

It does not depend on...

[irmamar]

I think it's "depends of", isn't it?

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by irmamar

The shroud of Turin. But St. Veronica's veil is also a "lienzo". It not depends on the size, but on the material it is made of.

Originally Posted by Perikles

It does not depend on...

Originally Posted by irmamar

I think it's "depends of", isn't it?

No - he's right. (We're being very picky with you here.) Your sentence should be as follows: "It does not depend on the size, but on the material it is made of."

IN FACT, the old-fashioned folks will say that you can't use a preposition at the end of a sentence. So, if you want to be sure not to offend any old-fashioned grammarians, you should have said: "It does not depend on the size, but on the material of which it is made."

[irmamar]

¡Cómo puedo ser tan tonta a veces! (doesn't!!!!)

I didn't know the preposition at the end of the sentence is old fashioned, I've seen similar sentences many times.

What about: "what are you listening to?"

[laepelba]

STOP IT!!! Your English is SO much better than my Spanish. You are talking about super-picky tiny details. Take it easy on yourself.

[irmamar]

Thanks, Lou Ann, you're always so kind

By the way, I've modified my former message, there is a question

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by laepelba

IN FACT, the old-fashioned folks will say that you can't use a preposition at the end of a sentence. So, if you want to be sure not to offend any old-fashioned grammarians, you should have said: "It does not depend on the size, but on the material of which it is made."

Yes, but nobody younger than 100 years old would say this.

Have you heard what somebody famous once said? "A preposition is the wrong word to end a sentence with, and it is a habit up with which I shall not put."

Originally Posted by irmamar

What about: "what are you listening to?"

This is absolutely correct today. Don't worry about it.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Yes, but nobody younger than 100 years old would say this.

Actually, in the U.S., they taught us about not ending sentences with prepositions when I was still in school. It's only recently that I've heard that "they" have changed "their" minds about it. We ought to have an "RAE" for English.

[irmamar]

I didn't know that sentence, but I'll have it in mind, thanks

But I'm sure I've seen prepositions at the end of the sentences, that's because I use them (maybe they were from old books )

[pjt33]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Yes, but nobody younger than 100 years old would say this.

Oi!

Well, what I would actually say is

It depends not on the size but on the material from which it's made.

Have you heard what somebody famous once said? "A preposition is the wrong word to end a sentence with, and it is a habit up with which I shall not put."

The version I know is attributed to Churchill as "This is the kind of nonsense up with which I will not put!" But it appears to be misattributed, and actually to have been said by an anonymous civil servant.

Originally Posted by irmamar

But I'm sure I've seen prepositions at the end of the sentences, that's because I use them (maybe they were from old books )

Of course you have. 99.9%+ of native speakers put them there.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by pjt33

Well, what I would actually say is

It depends not on the size but on the material from which it's made.

Actually, that is what I would say as well, but I think we are in a small minority here. I think it is a fine point for discussion of a mother tongue, but not really for English as a foreign language.