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BTW, did I break any actual grammar rules? (Not a passive-agressive rhetorical question, a question asked in earnest) The main thing is that in portuguese sent
by syntaxfree 18y ago
BTW, did I break any actual grammar rules? (Not a passive-agressive rhetorical question, a question asked in earnest)
The main thing is that in portuguese sentences within sentences have more connectives, are more common and thus more readable for the general public. I've been trying to contain sentence length and linearize thought (instead of exploring its arborescent structure).
- eugenejen 18y agoI understand. But thinking about it. We are trying to write in English. And good English essayists usually write much more succinctly. So why not trying to write like English speakers? And the best way to do it is to imitate the best English writers.
- syntaxfree 18y agoI've been trying. Check out the more recent text on social networks for something that's not so nested.