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Leia o texto a seguir para responder às questões 49 e 50: English as a Lingua Franca
A number of researchers have studied conversations in English as a Lingua Franca and have noted a number of somewhat surprising characteristics, including: a) Non-use of third person present simple tense -s (She look very sad).
b) Interchangeable use of the relative pronouns who and which (a book who, a boy which).
c) Use of an all-purpose tag question such as “isn’t it” (They should arrive soon, isn’t it?).
d) Increasing of redundancy by adding “inexistent” prepositions {We have to study about…, The article treats of…).
The characteristics of English as a Lingua Franca listed in Harmer’s text can be said to exemplify