In the fragment “…style may be regarded as a choice of linguistic means…” (L.10),
regard is the same as to look carefully at something or someone.
In the fragment “…style may be regarded as a choice of linguistic means…” (L.10),
regard means to consider or have an opinion about something or someone.
In the sentence
“She expected that he would be here before her arrival but he didn’t do so.”, “do so” refers to “be here before her arrival”.
In the sentence
“The new gas stove in the kitchen which I bought last month has a very efficient oven.”, the subject is “The new gas stove in the kitchen”.
Each of the following items offers a suggestion for a translation into Portuguese of some excerpts of the text above. If the proposed translation is accurate and acceptable label the item C (certo). Otherwise, label it E (errado).
“The typical sources of evidence for standard usage are literary texts, quality journalism, academic and professional writing, etc.” (L.6-8) — As fontes típicas que evidenciam o uso padrão são os textos literários, o jornalismo de qualidade, os escritos acadêmicos e profissionais etc.
Each of the following items offers a suggestion for a translation into Portuguese of some excerpts of the text above. If the proposed translation is accurate and acceptable label the item C (certo). Otherwise, label it E (errado).
“Standard spoken English grammar will therefore be different from standard written English grammar in many respects if we consider ‘standard’ to be a description of the recurrent spoken usage of adult native speakers.” (L.16-19) — O padrão gramatical da língua inglesa oral será, no entanto, diferente do padrão escrito da gramática inglesa em muitos aspectos, se cons...
Each of the following items offers a suggestion for a translation into Portuguese of some excerpts of the text above. If the proposed translation is accurate and acceptable label the item C (certo). Otherwise, label it E (errado).
“The term ‘standard grammar’ is most typically associated with written language, and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult, educated native speakers of a language.” (L.1-4) — O termo “gramática padrão” é tipicamente associado com a linguagem escrita e é geralmente considerado característico do uso repetitivo falado pelo nativo ad...
In the text, the word “bias” (L.5)
means often supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way by allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment.
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Acceptations which go beyond the primary meaning of a linguistic expression can be said to be connotative.
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The word “rampant” (L.9) is the same as restrained.
