Portuguese language changes

[Wilson Gray]

Is "... comes (sic) ..." in the original? IAC, why the "(sic," since
the subject of the relative clause, "which," relates to the headword,
"accord," which, like "comes," is singular.

-Wilson

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Brazil has won the latest Olympics site competition.  Below is a clip about=
>  changes to the Portuguese spelling and pronunciation.  It shows that chang=
> es can happen.
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> *http://www.hindu.com/lr/2009/10/04/stories/2009100450100300.htm*
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> * ".... One thing on the minds of all Brazilian publishers is the Novo Acor=
> do =97the new orthographic agreement for the Portuguese language. At a time=
>  when other languages=2C particularly English=2C seem to be celebrating the=
> irlinguistic diversity=2C Portuguese will move towards uniformity thanks to=
>  an accord signed by seven Portuguese-speaking countries (Brazil=2C Portuga=
> l=2CAngola=2C Mozambique=2C Cape Verde=2C Guinea-Bissau=2C Sao Tome and Pri=
> ncipe)=2C which comes (sic) into force January 2009. Three letters will be =
> dropped from the alphabet=2C umlauts will no longer be used for certain wor=
> ds=2C hyphens will have no place for many others=2C and there will be pronu=
> nciation changes as well. About 0.5 per cent of Portuguese words in Brazil =
> will undergo a change=2C which means that publishers will have to read and =
> introduce the alterations in any book they decide to reprint. =93This will =
> involve both work and money=2C=94one publisher grumbles.=20
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