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| Autor: | Ron |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 17/SET/2003 1:54 AM |
| Assunto: | Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help |
| Mensagem: | Carmen, The concept of right or wrong was replaced by usual or unusual with the advent of new linguistics theories about 50 years ago, and this shift gave some room to other English dialects. The answer "I'm nice" from someone who you just said "How are you?" would be pretty unusual. Over 98% of English native speakers would not use such wording. Plus, "I'm nice", besides awkward, would imply that the person saying it is self-conceited and has an urge to boast their "qualities?". |
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To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Beatrix 14/SET/2003, 10:38 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Henrique 15/SET/2003, 3:12 AM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – carmen 15/SET/2003, 11:37 AM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Beatrix 15/SET/2003, 4:10 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Liz Felicity 15/SET/2003, 6:25 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Beatrix 
15/SET/2003, 4:04 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Miguel Vieira 16/SET/2003, 1:50 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Beatrix 15/SET/2003, 4:06 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – mrobertson 15/SET/2003, 9:33 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – pat 16/SET/2003, 8:16 AM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – carmen 16/SET/2003, 8:40 PM 
Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Ron 17/SET/2003, 1:54 AM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Sergio Sbagliato 17/SET/2003, 7:41 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – José Roberto 17/SET/2003, 9:38 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Ron 18/SET/2003, 11:18 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – pat 17/SET/2003, 8:49 AM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – carmen 17/SET/2003, 5:48 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – Ricardo - EMB - 17/SET/2003, 7:33 PM Re: To: Ricardo or anyone else willing to help – carmen 18/SET/2003, 4:33 PM