On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Virgilio A. P. Machado <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Before signing off, and before I forget, let me > ask another trivial question. It has been a long, > long time since you have opened a grammar of any > language, hasn't it? That's an easy guess, > considering what a grammar is > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar) and that > the differences between Brazilian Portuguese and > Portuguese of Portugal go way beyond differences > in orthography. You'll find a lot of good links > here: > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Vapmachado/Portuguese_language_issues, > particularly this one: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese#Grammar > > I think you'll be just treading water, and will > not get anywhere this way. Why not try: Let's not > feed the trolls, and ignore me, has you guys use > to do, when you don't get right down uncivil? > > Sincerely, > > Virgilio A. P. Machado (Vapamachado) > An harmless guy who had this idea that Wikipedia > was a great thing for his students, and paid dearly for it. > According to his userpage, Mark Williamson has at least a basic grasp of something like 17 languages. It's possible he has more experience with a grammar than you expect. Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
