Spanish C2 · Day 47
Day 47: Incentivos que desplazan la motivación propia — Advanced punctuation that changes Spanish grammar (part 2)
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- Grammar: Advanced punctuation that changes Spanish grammar (part 2)
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Grammar point: Advanced punctuation that changes Spanish grammar (part 2)
When drafting rules for paid volunteering, punctuation decides who is addressed and what a negation governs. La coma vocativa , la interrogación parcial , el punto y coma , las comillas de mención , and la raya de inciso are grammatical choices, not interchangeable ornaments. La coma vocativa marks an addressee and thereby changes the subject and the mood the finite verb can bear.
Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)
- el efecto de expulsión – crowding-out effect; technical
- la motivación endógena – motivation arising from one's own interest or commitment
- la compatibilidad de incentivos – incentive compatibility; technical
- el desvío de propósito – displacement of the original purpose
- la reciprocidad – reciprocity; academic
- la mercantilización – commodification; academic
- el ánimo de exigencia – an attitude of entitlement
- la canalización errónea – misdirection caused by a poorly designed system
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