12. CAUSE AND EFFECT
Es muy importante entender las diferentes formas de expresar la relación entre las
causas y los efectos de una acción. Si un argumento empieza con los efectos o
resultados, las causas son lo que llevaron a esos resultados.
Hay muchas formas diferentes de expresar causa y efecto.
Understanding the different ways of expressing the relationship between the causes and the
effects of an action is very important when you are reading English. If an argument begins
with effects or results, the causes are the reasons that logically lead to those results. This
cause-effect relationship is commonly used in academic texts.
There are many different ways of expressing cause and effect; before looking at some of
these ways, note carefully this important distinction:
A B
CAUSE →→→→ EFFECT A results in B; A causes B
Dust causes the recording condition of disks to deteriorate.
B A
EFFECT →→→→ CAUSE B results from A; B is caused by A
Deterioration of the recording condition of disks is caused by dust.
A- Often, the choice of verbs in a sentence will indicate a cause-effect relationship. The
following verbs are used to link a cause with an effect:
Los siguientes verbos se pueden usar para conectar una causa con un efecto.
