On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:47:16 +0000 mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan > <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I'm well aware of that. Spanish is a case in point: > > > > 1) Vamos a comer. -- Let's eat. > > 2) ¿Vamos a comer? -- Are we going to eat? > > > > In fact I know from observation that some question forms can be > > hard for non-native speakers to grasp when using English, such as > > the correct use of the auxiliary verb 'do'. A common mistake for > > example is "Didn't he went?" instead of "Didn't he go?" > > I am confused here - I clearly mistakenly thought this was a Fedora > users list! Mike: Meanwhile, over on the ISGN [1] list, there is a big thread about the relative advantages of su - and sudo. [1] International Society of Grammar Nazis -- cmg -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
