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| Autor: | Márcio Farias |
| E-mail: | marcio_osorio@oi.com.br |
| Data: | 10/SET/2007 3:38 PM |
| Assunto: | MF |
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<<But my intuition as a native speaker tells me that not in all cases they are interchangeable.>> My native speaker intuition thoroughly agrees with yours. Future-wise, a statement such as "Se você abrir a porta, eu passo" obviously makes a lot more sense than, or appears as the only natural choice over, "Se você abre a porta..." One would probably use the latter form to express awe or uncertainty as to an impending action such as that of an unwanted, ferocious Rottweiller wanting to bite its way in at all costs as in "Se você abre a porta, aquele Rottweiler entrava e mordia todo mundo aqui."[1] You and I and the entire forum could cite other examples. ------------------------- [1] (= Se você não fecha a porta, aquele Rottweiller entrava e mordia...) |
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Justification – Lika 09/SET/2007, 11:03 AM Justification – DaleCR 09/SET/2007, 1:16 PM Justification – Lika 09/SET/2007, 5:33 PM Justification – DaleCR 09/SET/2007, 5:40 PM doubt/question – Lika 09/SET/2007, 6:30 PM doubt/question – Márcio Farias 
09/SET/2007, 7:34 PM doubt/question – DaleCR 09/SET/2007, 8:49 PM MF – DaleCR 10/SET/2007, 1:20 AM MF – Márcio Farias 10/SET/2007, 9:31 AM MF – José Roberto 10/SET/2007, 10:53 AM 
MF – Márcio Farias 10/SET/2007, 3:38 PM MF – DaleCR 10/SET/2007, 12:17 PM MF – Márcio Farias 10/SET/2007, 4:04 PM MF – DaleCR 10/SET/2007, 7:37 PM MF – Márcio Farias 11/SET/2007, 12:00 PM doubt/question to Lika – José Roberto 10/SET/2007, 11:05 AM