Nathan, So what? If he does, he didn't show it as far as Portuguese is concerned. Any six year old child has a basic grasp of Portuguese grammar (spelled that right...) even before they enter elementary school. Basic grasp of any other 16 languages is not required. :-)
I don't think Mark has any use for advocates. he is old enough to speak for himself, isn't he? Try another approach. :-) Sincerely, Virgilio A. P. Machado The one with a basic grasp of only six languages, and feels totally disadvantaged compared to the World population in general, and Wikipedians in particular At 02:59 07-12-2010, you wrote: >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
