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Autor:  PPAULO
E-mail:  não-disponível
Data:  18/ABR/2009 12:52 AM
Assunto:  You'll name it... by default
 
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Yes, I can.  I jogged my memory a bit, and voilà.

 

 

5.  Subject-verb agreement   por Márcio Farias às 19/OUT/2008, 10:28 PM
<<Spring´s gorgeous weather rob us of excuses for not exercising.

As lindas/maravilhosas condições do tempo na primavera, nos tira qualquer desculpa para se exercitar.>>

 


PP, by default or not the single subject weather in "Spring's gorgeous weather" takes a verb singular (robs), doesn't it?

 


As for the Portuguese, a verb plural might as well go with "... condições..." (tiram) as far as subject-verb agreements in romance languages go. Or stay.

 


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you name it p/PPAULO  –  dovo  16/ABR/2009, 8:17 PM
you name it p/PPAULO  –  PPAULO  16/ABR/2009, 8:50 PM
you name it p/PPAULO  –  English learner  17/ABR/2009, 2:33 AM
you name it p/PPAULO  –  PPAULO  18/ABR/2009, 12:20 AM
You'll name it... by default  –  Márcio Farias  18/ABR/2009, 12:44 AM
 You'll name it... by default  –  PPAULO  18/ABR/2009, 12:52 AM
You'll name it... by default  –  PPAULO  18/ABR/2009, 1:07 AM
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