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LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
PORTUGUESE
LINGUISTICS & CULTURE
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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. |
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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) - |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Duvida – Juca 
28/JAN/2010, 6:02 PM Duvida – Fran 28/JAN/2010, 10:29 PM Dúvida. – PPAULO 28/JAN/2010, 10:32 PM Dúvida. – orlando 28/JAN/2010, 10:43 PM Dúvida. – Exboks 29/JAN/2010, 8:32 AM Dúvida. – PPAULO 29/JAN/2010, 8:05 PM Dúvida. – CRS 29/JAN/2010, 9:26 PM Dúvida. – CRS 29/JAN/2010, 10:45 PM Dúvida. – PPAULO 30/JAN/2010, 1:49 AM 
(Niente) Dúvida. – 6 point five 30/JAN/2010, 8:23 AM (Niente) Dúvida. – Nipper - II 30/JAN/2010, 2:11 PM Duvida – Nipper 30/JAN/2010, 2:00 PM Duvida – Breckenfeld 30/JAN/2010, 11:38 PM Duvida – CRS 31/JAN/2010, 2:05 AM to CR (Duvida) – Fran 01/FEV/2010, 7:05 PM