Leísmo, Laísmo, Loísmo: Spain’s Pronoun War
In the world of Spanish grammar, a quiet war rages on. The combatants are three tiny pronouns—le, la, and lo—and the battleground is the very structure of sentences spoken daily…
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In the world of Spanish grammar, a quiet war rages on. The combatants are three tiny pronouns—le, la, and lo—and the battleground is the very structure of sentences spoken daily…
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