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| Autor: | pat |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 19/MAI/2003 7:53 AM |
| Assunto: | Re: Looking foward to ...ing? |
| Mensagem: | I didn't intend the question to be rhetorical, in fact. I'm not a grammar maven. If you are saying that the terms "present participle" and "gerund" should be replaced by different words, that is fine with me. And no, I don't dispute the fact that an inappropriate grammar system has been veneered to our hybrid tongue. It is only since studying Portuguese that I have come to put much analytical thought toward the grammar of English, so I am still largely unaware of the full extent of it's mis-application. |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Looking foward to ...ing? – Jorge Santos 
15/MAI/2003, 3:05 PM Re: Looking foward to ...ing? – Andréa 15/MAI/2003, 6:15 PM Re: Looking foward to ...ing? – michael robertson 17/MAI/2003, 6:07 PM Re: Looking foward to ...ing? – pat 18/MAI/2003, 7:56 PM Re: Looking foward to ...ing? – michael robertson 19/MAI/2003, 1:19 AM 
Re: Looking foward to ...ing? – pat 19/MAI/2003, 7:53 AM Re: Looking foward to ...ing? – orlando 15/MAI/2003, 6:49 PM