Breakdown of Hanno acclamato l'autore per aver scritto romanzi sempre più belli.
bello
beautiful
avere
to have
sempre
always
scrivere
to write
per
for / in order to / because of
il romanzo
novel
più
more / anymore (with 'non')
l'autore
the author
acclamare
to acclaim
Questions & Answers about Hanno acclamato l'autore per aver scritto romanzi sempre più belli.
Why do we use aver scritto here instead of just scrivere?
The phrase per aver scritto uses per plus the past infinitive to show the cause of an action. They acclaimed him because he had already written the novels. If you used the regular infinitive per scrivere, it would change the meaning to "in order to write", showing future purpose instead of a past cause.
Why is it aver instead of the full verb avere?
How does sempre più mean "increasingly"? Doesn't sempre mean "always"?
While sempre alone usually means "always", the specific combination sempre più followed by an adjective is the standard Italian way to say "increasingly" or "more and more". Therefore, sempre più belli translates beautifully to "increasingly beautiful".
Why isn't there a subject word for "They" before hanno acclamato?
In Italian, subject pronouns like loro (they) are usually dropped because the verb itself (hanno) already tells us who is doing the action. Here, using a "they" verb without a specific subject is a common way to express a general statement, similar to saying "People acclaimed the author."
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