Nebensätze

• Die Grundregel der Kommasetzung beim Nebensatz

Nebensatz vor dem Hauptsatz: "Dass wir die Umsätze weiter steigern konnten, ist ein großer Erfolg."
Nebensatz nach dem Hauptsatz: "Es ist ein großer Erfolg, dass wir die Umsätze weiter steigern konnten."
Eingeschobener Nebensatz: "Die Steigerung der Umsätze, die wir im vergangenen Jahr zu verzeichnen hatten, ist ein großer Erfolg."


Was tun beim mehrteilig eingeleiteten Nebensatz?
"Der Brief ist zu wichtig, als dass ich ihn mit der normalen Post verschicken könnte."
"Der Praktikant sollte sich lieber ein paar Notizen machen, anstatt dass er jeden Tag aufs Neue nachfragt."

angenommen[,] dass: "Angenommen[,] dass Frau Moldau morgen ausfällt, könnten Sie sie dann vertreten?"
vorausgesetzt[,] dass: "Sie können morgen später kommen, vorausgesetzt[,] dass Frau Moldau wieder im Haus ist."
je nachdem[,] ob: "Ich kann mich morgen um den Azubi kümmern, je nachdem[,] ob Frau Moldau wieder da ist oder nicht."
egal[,] welche: "Egal[,] welche Produkte Sie bei uns bestellen, Sie zahlen keine Versandkosten."

http://www.sekretaria.de/rat-und-tat/news/korresp/komma-und-nebensatz-__einfach--a-8843.html

Ne... que vs Seulement

• There are two common French equivalents for the restrictive "only" in English: seulement and ne... que. These two terms mean essentially the same thing, but seulement is an adverb of quantity while ne... que is a negative adverb, so they're used a bit differently.

The simplest way to say "only" in French is with the adverb seulement, which can qualify a noun, verb, or clause

   J'ai seulement un livre.
   I have only one book.
 
   Il voit seulement les films étrangers.
   He sees only foreign movies.
 
    J'ai lu seulement deux pages pour te faire plaisir.
    I read only two pages to please you
   
    J'ai lu deux pages seulement pour te faire plaisir.
     I read two pages only to please you
   
   
      Il veut travailler seulement à la banque
      He wants to work only at the bank.
     

to say "only" is with ne... que, which is used similarly to other negative adverbs: ne goes in front of the verb and que usually follows it.

   Je n'ai qu'un livre.
   I have only one book.
 
   Il ne voit que les films étrangers
   He sees only foreign movies.
 
 
   As with seulement, you can change the meaning by placing que directly in front of the word you want to qualify
 
   Je n'ai lu que deux pages pour te faire plaisir.
   I read only two pages to please you
 
   Je n'ai lu deux pages que pour te faire plaisir.
   I read two pages only to please you.
 
   http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/a/only.htm

Brian Lee - No Defence Against Demons

witches,murder,secret sect.

The Moonstone --1979

this story revolves around a diamond which is chased by indians in england.there are some  twists among relationships but no surprise at all.

ow‧ing to preposition

ow‧ing to
formal because of something:
Owing to a lack of funds, the project will not continue next year.
Flight BA213 has been delayed owing to fog.


owing to, due to, because of, thanks to
Owing to and due to are slightly formal. They are often used in official notices and public statements
• Owing to bad weather, this morning's flight will be delayed.
• He is retiring due to ill health.

!! Owing to and due to are prepositions (they come immediately before a noun). They are not conjunctions (they cannot connect two parts of a sentence)
• I had to wait hours because the plane was delayed (NOT I had to wait hours owing to the plane was delayed).


In spoken English, it is more usual to use because of than owing to or due to
• All my clothes got wet because of the storm (NOT owing to the storm).
Thanks to is used to explain why something good has happened
• Thanks to the success of his first album, he is now a wealthy man.

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/owing-to

though conjunction

used to introduce a statement that makes the main statement coming after it seem surprising, unlikely, or unexpected [= although]:

Though she's almost 40, she still plans to compete.

Pascal went ahead with the experiment even though he knew it was dangerous.

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/though_1

Cloze Test

• Cloze Test soruları nasıl Çözülür? 

 Bu sorularda önemli olan unsur parçanın tamamını anlamak değildir. Boşluğun verildiği cümleyi anlamak yeterlidir. Eğer bize bağlaç soruluyorsa iki ayrı cümleyi de anlamak gerekmektedir.

 Bu sorunun bir diğer özelliği çok basit bir ifadeyi bile bize sorabilir ancak karmaşık bir formda sunarak bize sorar.

• Bu soruları rahat bir şekilde cevaplayabilmek için bol bol parça çalışması yapmamız gerekmektedir. Okuduğumuz her cümleyi gramer ve kelime olarak incelemeliyiz.

 http://www.kpds.org/taktikler_cloze_test.asp