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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ruud Harmsen <rh@rudhar.com> Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,sci.lang Subject: Re: Somewheres Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:37:25 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: <2c70fjdc5fl88vf3864a9c7rn9cubb8g8f@4ax.com> References: <f5140de8d161885842798961deb38a46@www.novabbs.com> <m31q2260rz.fsf@leonis4.robolove.meer.net> <vb4ejj$2rvka$1@dont-email.me> <slrnvdc4bi.ddb.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <edabf711d308110e032139b1c7757679@www.novabbs.com> <413fad492ea5f969e1cb56bf570b6c49@www.novabbs.com> <slrnvdh927.6rm.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <vbadna$3v57k$1@dont-email.me> <slrnvdk5so.278.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> <vbe6pf$nlq3$1@dont-email.me> <slrnvebciq.asd.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 15:37:25 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2d68a8fc8adadacb0c3fa15943f02d1d"; logging-data="2350284"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/mPUga83UPht2Rxqrnak1t" Cancel-Lock: sha1:Jr6ULnulgLVMvbtLS6tbAAHn6NI= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) Bytes: 2014 Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:57:14 -0000 (UTC): Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> scribeva: >I'm a bit sensitive to this because Italian and Spanish are pro-drop >languages, i.e., they omit the subject pronoun, except for emphasis >or disambiguation. Spanish in particular does not distinguish 1SG >and 3SG in the imperfect, conditional, present subjunctive, or >imperfect subjunctive, and Spanish speakers seem to feel little >need to inject pronouns for disambiguation, which can be disorienting >to language learners. Portuguese does, digo eu. -- Ruud Harmsen, https://rudhar.com