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July 16, 2007

Grammar Lesson 11: Topic-Comment Patterns, Special Needs Privileges

Filed under: Grammar — s.palomino @ 8:21 am

Just look at that barriga! Clearly the polite thing to do, at least in Brazil, would be to have a special line at banks, post offices, and supermarkets for those that have ’special’ needs. However, the other day, in this condition, with that barriga, Michelle had to wait in line at the U.S. post office just like one of the ‘regular’ people.

Grammatically, Orlando seems to love topic-comment patterns almost too much. Is it possible that grammar is really that interesting?

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5 Comments »

  1. I´m from Rio de Janeiro, I do not use “Meu pai por exemplo, ELE sempre…”

    We never use this “ELE” here

    :)

    It´s funny

    Comment by Marcio — September 5, 2007 @ 8:38 pm

  2. Nos exemplos todos são sobre gente: minha mãe (ela), meu pai (ele), as grávidas (elas), etc. A regla se usa também para coisas como o parque, por exemplo, né?

    Comment by Elisa — October 11, 2007 @ 6:24 pm

  3. Nunca tinha percebido isso antes. Eu sempre corrijo meus filhos quando fazem isto em ingles. Acho que e uma falta bastante comum e grande.

    Comment by Monica Mitre — October 11, 2007 @ 8:59 pm

  4. Acho que isto vai ser algo muito dificil para mim usar na fala. Parece tão “redundant”!

    Comment by Amelia Crawford — October 11, 2007 @ 11:21 pm

  5. Quando eu era crianca, meus profesores sempre me dizeram que esta maneira de falar era tao incorreto. Entao, va ser dificil aprende-la.

    Comment by ryanc — October 12, 2007 @ 5:09 am

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