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| Autor: | Miguel Vieira |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 16/MAI/2003 2:32 PM |
| Assunto: | Re: To Miguel Vieira |
| Mensagem: | Senhora Carmem, I'm glad you've acquired some knowledge via my battles with Pat in this forum. Anyway, what I should've said is that it's common to hear Spanish and Portuguese speaking people in the United States say "He told to not do it". Now, given that in Spanish and Portuguese, "To not do it", translates like "Para nao fazer", immediately upon hearing one construct such a sentence, I right away assume that this person is a foreign born individual, either from a Spanish speaking country or Portuguese one. I have heard many people construct such a sentence. In fact, at times I even ask-what nationality are you? The answer usually confirms my assumptions. Comprimentos, -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