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Re: Portuguese futures

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Thursday, September 27, 2007, 20:04
Hi!

Haggen Kennedy writes:

> Henrik Theiling wrote: > > Well, I (and probably quite some linguists) would regard only *usage* > > as the definition of what is allowed. > > I agree with what you said. I just had to make it clear where > Portuguese stands on the issue, regarding usage and what grammar > says. I say this because as the way it had been put, it somehow seemed > like the Brazilian prescriptive grammar agreed with that construction > ("o vejo"), and it's not the case. So I found pertinent to clarify the > subject. :) >...
Ah ok. :-) **Henrik