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| Autor: | mrob |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 08/JUN/2004 3:04 AM |
| Assunto: | Re: either...or |
| Mensagem: | in my humble opinion i think it is a case of 'free choice' ie both (either) of the alternatives seem fine to me - or at least neither is wrong the english language is notoriously murky on these points and despite the best efforts of grammarians to create the illusion of a comprehensive set of rules with a satisfactory answer to every finicky query, it is just not the case - the language is a vast untamed morass - a veritable jungle of confusion (except for verb structure:-) i may have missed some fine distinction in your original post but when i read the alternatives it was my distinctive and natural impression that you could use either X or Y with no negative impact upon the communication of meaning (or the adherence to grammatical principles) i was curious what the native speaker posts were about - but i couldn't read either this one or that one ... or should that be I could read neither of them (please post a clarification of this point in Brazilian) hopefully the posters undoubtedly superior knowledge of Brazilian grammar will enable then to illuminate this particular conundrum |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
either...or – Ana 07/JUN/2004, 11:15 AM Re: either...or – Dirceu 07/JUN/2004, 12:58 PM Re: either...or – Ana 07/JUN/2004, 1:19 PM Re: either...or – orlando 07/JUN/2004, 4:04 PM Re: either...or – rose 07/JUN/2004, 11:26 PM 
Re: either...or – mrob 08/JUN/2004, 3:04 AM