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eg /. J has 1 ( cannot 1
— As the last bus \ had ]gone and we\ could not j afford a taxi, there is/was nothing to do but walk.
The verb have should not be used in such sentences (* We had nothing to do but walk), because this means that we had no other possible occupation. Here is a sentence where have is used correctly:
2. When he was in prison he often had nothing to do but sit and think.
After there is/was nothing to do but, for with a noun or pronoun referring to a person (or persons) may be included.
eg 3. There is/was nothing for us to do but walk.
Another possibility is:
4. There is/was nothing ^ut waIk-
89 Exercise. Rephrase the following sentences using the words nothing to do but or a similar construction.
1. The shop is closed so we shall have to wait. 2. As he couldn't find the key the only solution was to break the lock. 3. She had no ideas of her own, so she had to agree. 4. The grass is soaking wet. We shall have to go back. 5. She could not correct all the mistakes neatly, so she was forced to retype the manuscript.
Offer, Suggest, Propose
These three verbs can all be translated as предлагать and therefore tend to be confused by Russian speakers. Although they are close in meaning, there are both semantic and grammatical distinctions in their usage.
Offer means firstly to hold out (to someone) for acceptance or refusal. In this sense the construction offer smb. smth. is used.
eg 1. She offered them a cup of tea.
If the indirect object is long, offer smth. to smb. tends to be used instead.
eg 2. She offered a cup of tea to the people who had been caught in the storm.
Other examples of offer (smb.) smth. are:
3. I offered (her) my help.
4. The manager offered David a job.
5. The owner of the lost jewels offered a reward for their return.
The preposition for is also used in such sentences as:
г гт є? і I ?>10 for the book.
6. He offered me j the ^ook for
The passive voice is widely used in sentences where it is not known, or considered unimportant, who has offered.
eg 7. — Pve been offered a job at Bristol University.
Secondly, offer means "to express willingness to do smth." Here it is used with the infinitive but without a personal object after it: to offer to do smth.
eg 8. She offered to make (them) a cup of tea.
Be careful to avoid such sentences as *She offered them to have a cup of tea. One can offer only to do something oneself. Other examples of offer to do smth. are:
90 9. I offered to help (her).
Cf. no. 3 above. 10. His parents offered to lend him the money.
Suggest means "to put forward an idea", without necessarily implying a willingness to do something oneself. There are two possible constructions:
14 ,( smth. (to smb.)
(1) suggest I doing ^mfh
i і „ . , і a drive in the country.
eg 11. He suggested I going for a drive in the C0untry t
12. — Have you suggested it to your parents?
(2) suggest (that) smb. (should) do smth.
This is used when it is necessary to state who is to carry out the action.
eg 13. He suggested (that) they (should) go for a drive. 14. — I suggest (that) you ask Mr Smith about that.
Propose may mean the same as suggest and is used in the same types of construction, namely:
( smth. (to smb.)
- propose ( doing smth
— propose that smb. (should) do smth.
eg 15. — I propose
an early start
starting early tomorrow,
that we start early 16. The chairman proposed that the matter (should) be decided at the next meeting.
However, propose is less widely used, being confined mainly to formal style. For example, it occurs in the context of meetings, debates, elections, etc.
eg 17. The motion was proposed by Rosemary Iiill and seconded by Richard Davies. 18. — I propose David Wells (for chairman).
Propose is also used in connection with toasts,
eg 19. — I should like to propose a toast to our hosts
and with marriage. In the latter case propose is generally used without the word marriage.
eg 20. He proposed to her only a few days after they first met.
91 Another, slightly different meaning of propose is "intend, have as one's aim". Here it is followed by the infinitive.
eg 21. — What do you propose to do about it?
22. He proposed to sell the house and go abroad.
Exercise. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Джон предложил ей пойти в ресторан. 2. Знакомый его отца предложил ему работу. 3. Она критиковала все его идеи, но сама ничего не предлагала. 4. Режиссер предложил ей сниматься (use a part) в своем новом фильме. 5. Председатель предложил перенести заседание на следующую неделю. 6. Художник предложил ему купить несколько своих картин. 7. Родители предложили свою помощь. 8. —Я предложил встретить их на вокзале, но они отказались. 9. Редактор предложил изменить название книги. 10. Он предложил всем остаться у него. 11. В букинистическом магазине ему предложили за книгу 15 рублей. 12. —Мне предложили летом работать гидом.
