Portuguese Activity asks students in the 3rd year of high school to identify traits of informality, concerning the verbal Regency, in the construction of the movie summary Thomas Crown – The art ofcrime.
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1999 – 113min – Director John McTiernan
When a Monet valued at $100 million is stolen from the Metropolitan in New York, Thomas Cro
wn (Pierce Brosnan), a billionaire who is used to having everything he wants, is far from being considered s
uspect, but Catherine Banning (Rene Russo), an investigator hired to repossess the painting (for 5% of its value), has
sure Thomas is responsible. At the same time, Catherine and Thomas are attracted and she is mostly affected by jealousy, but even so she tells Thomas that she knows he committed the robbery and expects his mistake to catch him. The two then start to play, but they also fall in love and this was not in anyone's plans.
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Question 1 - Indicate the alternative in which a trace of informality is perceived, with regard to verbal regency:
a) “[…] an investigator hired to retrieve the painting […]”.
b) “[…] you are sure that Thomas is responsible.”.
c) “At the same time, Catherine and Thomas feel attracted […]”.
d) “The two then start to play, but they also fall in love […]”.
Rewrite it in line with the cultured norm:
Question 2 - “[…] but even so he says to Thomas […]”.
a) Identify the verb present in the sequence above:
b) Note that the verbal regency, made in the context above, constitutes a form of recurrent use in informal situations of the language. Rewrite the sentence according to the standards of the cultured norm:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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