The verb per it is one of the “linguistic mysteries” of the language. Who has never been in doubt about their conjugation? Thinking about this recurring difficulty for many speakers, the Brazil School has prepared for you a practical guide on the minutiae of this very particular verb. Ready? So, let's go to the explanations:
1- As you may already know, the New Orthographic Agreement, in effect since the end of 2012, put end the accents that differentiated the meaning of some words with the same spelling, for example, for, preposition, and for, from the verb to stop. Well then, the only "survivor" accent was the caret that differentiates the verb per gives prepositionper. Look at the examples:
Per love of the profession, decided not to retire.(by = preposition)
I'm going per (put on) the glasses to see better. (put = verb)
After a lot of work, he he can rest. (might = third person singular of the past perfect indicative way)
The manager said that you he can send the reports.(may = present of the callsign)
In the last example, the accent was kept so that there is a distinction of tense he can, with /o/ closed to indicate the past tense, from he can, with /o/ open, to indicate the present tense.
2- the verb to put is a irregular verb. we callirregular verbs those that deviate from the paradigm of conjugations that governs regular verbs. The irregularity of a verb can be in the inflection or in the radical, so observe the behavior of the verb to put:
If I per my coat, I won't be cold. (wrong)
If I put my coat, I won't be cold. (right)
The verb “put” is irregular, therefore, in the future of subjunctive, one must use the form put. The same happens with other irregular verbs like “to have” (to have), “to come” (to come) and “to see” (to come). In regular verbs, the future forms of the subjunctive are the same as those of the infinitive, so it is not common for there to be doubts about their conjugations.
3- The ending of the conjugation of the verb “put” is OR. For that reason, it is uniquely structured, and put, put, put, put, put, I will put and would put are the variations of the verb tenses to which this verb undergoes:
I add more salt to the salad.
I put my bike in the parking lot.
I put on my glasses and saw better.
I'll put the books on the shelf.
I would put my life at risk for you.
4- If I "put" or "put"?: Well, in the verbal forms of "put", the sound /z/ will always be written with "s", so the correct thing is:
I put
you put
he put
we put
put
put
had put
we put
put
5- To put or to put?: Due to all the difficulties and doubts regarding the conjugation of the verb “to put”, many people choose to replace it with the verb "to place", whose regularity in the conjugation makes it more "popular". However, the verb “put” is not always used with its specific meaning (to place), it often works as a support verb. See examples where this situation occurs:
The candidate put into practice their knowledge.
the mistakes put in check the employee's credibility.
economic advancement highlighted our country.
In the exemplified situations, the verb “to put” should not be replaced by the verb “to place”, whose meaning is strict and associated with the idea of place, position. Except for these conditions, you can substitute, when in doubt, and choose to use the verb “to place”.
By Luana Castro
Graduated in Letters