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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Preposition or not?

Please, what's the difference between: "You can't speak Portuguese" and "You can't speak in Portuguese"?

I would say "You can't speak Portuguese."

Best wishes,
Alex
  

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Even though the two are not mutually exclusive, I see two potential contexts: You can't speak Portuguese = you haven't learned that language You can't speak in Portuguese = only French is allowed in that classroom

— Philip

  • Even though the two are not mutually exclusive, I see two potential contexts: You can't speak Portuguese = you haven't learned that language You can't speak in Portuguese = only French is allowed in that classroom
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Even though the two are not mutually exclusive, I see two potential contexts:
You can't speak Portuguese = you haven't learned that language
You can't speak in Portuguese = only French is allowed in that classroom
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Thank you, Philip.

Best wishes,
Alex
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