Verbal correlation - a typical example of textuality

Through the text "Parallelism: a matter of textual style”, you could get to know some aspects related to textuality - such as clarity, precision and objectivity of the speeches we make, whose purpose is only to make the interlocution plausibly define and the discursive purpose to be materialized in a way significant.

Well, among this set of aspects that, once implemented, corroborate for textuality is the so-called verbal correlation. It is characterized by the harmonious relationship that needs to exist between verbal forms, in order to make utterances more precise, more intelligible. Thus, with a view to making our knowledge about this occurrence effective, let's see how it takes place:

* Present in indicative mode + past perfect composed in subjunctive mode:

I believe she told him everything.

* Imperfect tense of indicative mode + more-than-perfect composed of subjunctive mode:

I wish she had told him everything.

* Future of the subjunctive + future of the present indicative:

If you tell him everything I'll be relieved.

* Future of the subjunctive + future of the present composed of the indicative:

When you tell him everything, I'll be relieved.

* Present in indicative mode + present in subjunctive mode:

I want you to tell him everything.

* Future of the subjunctive + future of the present indicative:

When you tell him everything, I'll feel relieved.

* Past tense more-than-perfect composed of the subjunctive + future tense composed of the indicative:

If you had told him everything, I would have been relieved.

* Past tense perfect tense + past tense imperfect subjunctive:

I asked her to tell him everything.

* Imperfect subjunctive past tense + tense past tense future:

If you told him everything, I would be relieved.


By Vânia Duarte
Graduated in Letters

Source: Brazil School - https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/gramatica/correlacao-verbal-um-tipico-exemplo-textualidade.htm

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