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| Autor: | Miguel Vieira |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 15/MAI/2003 3:03 PM |
| Assunto: | Re: Not to do it |
| Mensagem: | I don't know what you exactly mean. What I wanted to point out is that no native would say "He told me to not do it". They(Native speakers) would ALWAYS say "NOT TO DO IT". If I were to hear someone with a heavy foreign accent say "He told me to not do it", I would immediately assume that he/she comes from a Spanish or Portuguese speaking background as in these two languages "Not to do it" actually translates like "Para nao fazer". Nevertheless, considering that most beggining and intermediate non-native speakers tend to translate phrases/sentences of their native languages to the targerted second language, I would think that you would understand why I said that it(To not do it) sounds foreign. That's all Senhor Oliveira. By the way, what made you ask this question? -Miguel Vieira |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Not to do it – José Roberto 
14/MAI/2003, 2:44 PM Re: Not to do it – Miguel Vieira 14/MAI/2003, 8:40 PM Re: Not to do it – André Oliveira 15/MAI/2003, 12:53 PM 
Re: Not to do it – Miguel Vieira 15/MAI/2003, 3:03 PM To Miguel Vieira – André Oliveira 15/MAI/2003, 3:39 PM Re: To Miguel Vieira – carmen 15/MAI/2003, 6:18 PM Re: To Miguel Vieira – pat 16/MAI/2003, 7:59 AM Re: Split infinitive – José Roberto 16/MAI/2003, 1:49 PM Re: Split infinitive – michael robertson 17/MAI/2003, 6:57 PM Re: To Miguel Vieira – Miguel Vieira 16/MAI/2003, 2:32 PM Re: To Miguel Vieira – pat 16/MAI/2003, 3:20 PM