Asegura que para que

[irmamar]

Is this sentence correct?

X asegura que para que una lengua minoritaria sobreviva, son necesarias ciertas condiciones:

X assures that for a minority language to survive, certain conditions are necessary:

I'm not sure about that "for".

Thanks.

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Is this sentence correct?

X asegura que para que una lengua minoritaria sobreviva, son necesarias ciertas condiciones:

X assures that for a minority language to survive, certain conditions are necessary:

I'm not sure about that "for".

Thanks.

You could also put in an optional "in order"
X assures that in order for a minority language to survive, certain conditions are necessary:

I think I would insert that, just for emphasis, but perhaps this is just personal choice, or a need to find something to criticize.

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by Perikles

You could also put in an optional "in order"
X assures that in order for a minority language to survive, certain conditions are necessary:

I think I would insert that, just for emphasis, but perhaps this is just personal choice, or a need to find something to criticize.

Thank you!

But... criticize? Why criticize instead of criticise? (yes, this is a pleasure to criticise ).

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Thank you!

But... criticize? Why criticize instead of criticise? (yes, this is a pleasure to criticise ).

In English, you have the choice of -ise or -ize if the word is not stolen directly from French. I tend to ignore the French whenever I can, so I use -ize unless I have to. I have to use -ise with:

advertise, advise, apprise, arise, chastise, circumcise, comprise, demise, despise, devise, dis(en)franchise, disguise, enfranchise, enterprise, excise, exercise, franchise, improvise, incise, merchanise, prise (open), revise, supervise, surmise, surprise, televise, and a few others.

Having said that, I might use -ise in future so I don't have to explain it all again.

[irmamar]

Don't worry, you can use -ize. I asked because once I opened a thread with that question. Well, I'll try to study these words. Thanks.

[pjt33]

I'm not sure about "X assures that" without explicit direct object. I would prefer to say "X asserts that".

[irmamar]

Thanks, pjt.