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PORTUGUESE LINGUISTICS & CULTURE |
Autor: | 6 point five |
E-mail: | não-disponível |
Data: | 30/JAN/2010 8:23 AM |
Assunto: | (Niente) Dúvida. |
Mensagem: |
According to my flimsy attempt at translation to English, F has said: 'Definitively, this is the only correct one of the two' (Definitivamente, está é a única correta das duas) But that assertion is clearly incorrect Both of the original examples are grammatical, proper, possible English - it is not possible for a mother-tongue speaker to make a definitive 'prescriptive' judgment on this matter, which is one of choice / preference / style, not one of correctness The reasons offered by F for selecting one in preference to the other may be valid stylistic considerations but they do not support the statement: Definitivamente, está é a única correta das duas And all this, notwithstanding CRS 'weighing in' on the matter! (a somewhat misjudged new year entry it would seem) - |