The diacritical accent is a punctuation mark used to distinguish the grammatical office from homograph words. In general, an accent or accent marks the phonic emphasis that is made on a syllable of a word.
For their part, homograph words are those that, although different, have the same spelling; that is, they are written the same.
Now, in words with more than one syllable there is a stressed syllable - pronounced with a greater voice intensity and unstressed syllables. At the written level, this marked intonation is indicated by a small sloping line known as a tilde or orthographic accent. However, the diacritical accent, or emphatic accent, has a different function.
In the first instance, this is used in monosyllabic words (words with a single syllable) to distinguish them from others of a different category that are written the same.
This can be seen in the sentences: He came to mass Y The wine is extracted from the grape. Clearly, the accent serves to differentiate the personal pronoun he from the article the.
The same phenomenon is observed in: Wants to from came to the guests Y Gave away a bottle from wine. The word with the diacritical accent indicates that it is a form of the verb to give, while the other is the preposition. It can be noted that this does not happen with the words wine (from the verb to come) and wine (the noun).
In addition, the interrogative and exclamatory pronouns have a diacritical mark. This distinguishes them from relative pronouns, relative adverbs, and conjunctions..
Thus, for example, the pronoun when It wear accent mark: When You'll forgive me? But the conjunction does not: He says he doesn't know, when the truth is that he was there all the time.
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The norms currently in use state that monosyllabic words, in general, do not carry an accent. However, some monosyllables have a diacritical accent to distinguish them from other words with the same spelling..
Now, the criterion for using the accented form or not is its grammatical category. These grammatical categories express notions such as noun, verb, adjective, among others..
Note how the diacritical accent is used in the following examples:
-You need to from the phone from all suppliers whose companies start with from. (From as verb, from as a preposition and from as a noun).
-He think that everything will be solved at the latest the Monday. (He as a personal pronoun and the as article).
-She was the more qualified for the position, more he did not trust his own abilities. (More as an adverb and more as adversative conjunction).
-I was desperate to win more money, more could not work more. (More as an adjective, more as an adversative conjunction and more as pronoun).
-Of course five should be read more two is seven, more you must place the more. (More as conjunction with addition value, more as an adversative conjunction and more as a noun).
-In order to my that something is not right with him me from me piano. (My as a personal pronoun, me as a noun denoting a musical note and me as a possessive adjective).
-He what I know cut with scissors and not I know he said it. (He as verb, I know as a reflexive pronoun and I know as a personal pronoun).
-I know It feels good to know what I he. (I know with impersonal value and he as a verb).
-Yes, Yes you sing it in Yes older, it sounds a lot better. (Yes as an adverb of affirmation, if as a conjunction and if as a noun that denotes a musical note).
-He said that if she didn't say yes, he would feel ashamed of himself. (If as a conjunction, yes as a noun that indicates approval and yes as a reflexive personal pronoun).
-Tea I asked if you want me to make a cup of tea. (Tea as a personal pronoun and tea as a noun).
¿Your do you want me to update your personal agenda? (Your as a personal pronoun and you as a possessive adjective)
The interrogative and exclamatory relative pronouns must have the diacritical accent. These are used to enter the question mark and exclamation mark, respectively.
This same rule applies when they are used as nouns. In the case of interrogation, this can be direct or indirect, but it is always accentuated.
On the other hand, when they function as relative, the words that, who, who, which, which, where, where, how, which, when, when and how much do not have an accent. They are also not accentuated when they function as a conjunction.
In the following sentences you can see the application of this set of rules with some of these grammatical categories:
-¿What do you think of the new neighbor? (Direct interrogative relative pronoun).
-I want to know what you think of the new neighbor. (Indirect interrogative relative pronoun).
-What amazing! (Relative exclamatory pronoun).
-Things what He said they didn't make much sense. (Relative pronoun).
-I am glad that what think so. (Conjunction).
-I didn't want to know the what, but the how much. (Nouns).
-¿Who translated those texts? (Direct interrogative relative pronoun).
-You need to find out who translated those texts. (Indirect interrogative relative pronoun).
-Who see you now! (Relative exclamatory pronoun)
-Santiago, who he was silent during the meeting, he knew all the details. (Relative pronoun).
-Don't trust who says one thing and does another. (Conjunction).
-He was tormented by the who, the when and the as of the next betrayal. (Nouns).
In the case of the pair even / even, the accented form is used when changing it to the word yet the meaning of the sentence is not altered. The other form is used when it has the same value of also, until, even or even (the latter with the negation neither).
Likewise, it is written without an accent when it has a concessive value, either in the conjunctive expression although (equivalent to even if), as if it is followed by an adverb or a gerund.
In the following sentences you can see the use of these rules:
-Still he keeps asking me to give him some kind of explanation. (Still asking ...).
-This way of preparing fish is still easier. (… It's even easier.).
-We prepared as much as we could, but we think we should study still more. (… Study even more.).
-Everyone received an award, yet those who made no effort. (… Even those who made no effort.).
-He was very hostile, and yet he dared to question his methods, but then accepted defeat. (... and he even dared to question his methods ...).
-Neither yet up close he could see what was written there. (Not even close ...).
-Yet When you don't tell me I'll know (Even if you don't tell me ...).
-Yet knowing his financial limitations, he decided to undertake the project. (Although knowing its economic limitations ...).
-They offered their help selflessly, yet thus they did not accept it. (… Even so they didn't accept it.).
At present, the Royal Spanish Academy recommends not using the diacritical accent to distinguish between the adverb and the adjective.
Only, as an adverb, it is equivalent to only. Meanwhile, as an adjective it means without company. It is a plain word ending in a vowel. Therefore, the general rules of accentuation indicate that it should not have a tilde.
However, it was previously thought that these could be misinterpreted. Therefore, to eliminate possible ambiguity, the mandatory rule was to accentuate the adverb (only). This would make it possible to distinguish between drank only a beer (without company) and drank alone a beer (only one).
Then, the institution that ensures compliance with a standard common to all Spanish speakers decided that the possibility of this happening is minimal. Thus, taking into account the simplicity of the rules, this diacritical accent is no longer mandatory..
Even, at first, the recommendation was to use this accent only in cases where there could be the possibility of an ambiguous interpretation..
However, since context and other alternate forms can dispel this ambiguity, the tilde is no longer required to make the distinction.
Demonstratives are words that determine the meaning of the name, or noun, through a relationship of place. The group is made up of this, that, that, this, that, that, these, those, those, these, those, those, this, that and that.
Except for the last three, demonstratives can have the function of adjectives (Es this building) or pronoun (The building is this). Previously, the rules of the Royal Spanish Academy, as with the adverb only, required the use of the diacritical accent to differentiate both uses.
Thus, when these functioned as pronouns, that accent should be used. For example, in sentences like *That it is a sacred tree or *Give me one of those, the demonstratives should be accentuated. Its use avoided ambiguities in the interpretation of the texts.
These ambiguities were present in propositions such as: Why did they want those video games? With the accent, those would be the subject of the sentence. Without it, it would be a demonstrative adjective.
Again, the criterion was imposed that the diacritical accent was not necessary. The language institution considers that there is no justification for its use.
The main function of this tilde is to oppose stressed words to unstressed words that are identical in form. But this condition is not given neither in the demonstratives nor in the case of the two forms of the adverb only.
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