Tuesday, November 08, 2011

"Seje" (seja), "esteje" (esteja), "your" (you are)

OK. This might be a little thing, but it really makes me angry. People who don't write correctly. OK, English is NOT my first language and I know I make some mistakes here and there. Portuguese (Brazilian) is my mother tongue and I try my best to write it the best way I can.

So, please, don't write (or say) "seje", "esteje"... And "agente" is an agent; "a gente" means "we", but the verb is conjugated in the singular form. And "a fim de" ('in order to') is composed by THREE words.

Also please pay attention to the word "hipocrisia": it is NOT "hipocrEsia".

Update on March 29th, 2012: I also hate when people say "Hey, I wrote it wrong but, who cares? The message was transmitted, wasn't it? You can understand the message, can't you?"

And it upsets more when those sentences come from a Brazilian PhD. student. No matter how intelligent you are... No matter if the message was successfully relayed... Those facts don't allow you to be ignorant about the language.

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