Breakdown of La empresa sigue reemplazando empleados y eso no es ético.
ser
to be
y
and
no
no, not
eso
that (neuter)
seguir
to continue
la empresa
company
el empleado
the employee
reemplazar
to replace
ético
ethical
Questions & Answers about La empresa sigue reemplazando empleados y eso no es ético.
Why isn't the subjunctive used here? Isn't no es ético an expression that triggers it?
In this lesson, you are learning to use the subjunctive with es + adjective + que (for example, no es ético que la empresa reemplace empleados). However, this sentence doesn't use que to introduce a second action. It just uses eso as the subject of a normal statement: "that is not ethical." Without que and a new clause, you don't need the subjunctive.
How does sigue reemplazando mean "keeps replacing"? I thought seguir meant "to follow."
While seguir often means "to follow," when you combine it with a gerund (a verb ending in -ando or -iendo), it means "to keep doing" or "to continue doing" an action. So, sigue reemplazando translates directly to "keeps replacing."
Why is the word eso used here instead of ese or esa?
Employees are people, so why is there no "personal a" before empleados?
The "personal a" is generally required when the direct object is a specific, identified person or group (like a mis empleados). Because the company is replacing employees in a general, unspecified sense, the "personal a" is dropped.
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