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| Autor: | Johannes |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 10/SET/2004 3:17 PM |
| Assunto: | Re: Sports to Andre |
| Mensagem: | Dear Andre, Indeed the verb to play is very versatil. I had overlooked the "to play an instrument".(tocar, alem de brincar e jogar) There are other " plays" as well like a play in the theatre. However to play watersports or to play archery sounds in English the same as "brincar de water ski e brincar de dar tira com flecha." Would you say "brincar de tennis e brincar de piano" is correct just because,say, an English speaker translated this (wrongly) from his native language? The texts you quote are by a non-native english speaker which is obvious from the numerous errors in English. Therefore wouldn't you rather have the opinion from a native speaker ( like Tom) instead of a text taken off the internet? Whatever is written there isn't necessarily correct english. I feel obliged to react to your comments as this forum is visited by many who want to improve or learn a bit more English. Who wants to be responsible for loads of Brazilians saying : Eu brinco tennis: eu jogo piano" ou seus equivalentes em Ingles? |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Sports – Lu 08/SET/2004, 3:27 PM Re: Sports – André Oliveira 08/SET/2004, 4:20 PM Re: Sports – Johannes 09/SET/2004, 10:46 AM Re: Sports - okay Johannes here it comes – Tom 09/SET/2004, 11:35 AM Re: Sports - ouch!! I typed it wrong – Tom 09/SET/2004, 11:40 AM Re: Sports - okay Johannes here it comes – Johannes 09/SET/2004, 12:50 PM Re: Sports - okay Johannes here it comes – Tom 09/SET/2004, 1:30 PM Re: Sports – André Oliveira 09/SET/2004, 5:41 PM 
Re: Sports to Andre – Johannes 10/SET/2004, 3:17 PM my source about archery – Tom 10/SET/2004, 7:12 PM Re: my source about archery – Johannes 10/SET/2004, 8:35 PM Re: Sports to Andre – André Oliveira 14/SET/2004, 11:20 AM Re: Sports – André Oliveira 08/SET/2004, 4:21 PM Re: Sports – Lu 08/SET/2004, 4:28 PM