bruxinha
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- Portuguese
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How would you say when and where someone was born?
I've learned that the standard word order in end-position is 'place' before 'time', but heard recently a dialogue in which the speakers said:
"He was born in 1869 in India." or "She was born in 1867 in Poland." (It was a short video included in a school book for learners of English as a foreign language).
Is this word order also acceptable? Would a native speaker prefer place followed by time or, as in the example above, time followed by place?
I've learned that the standard word order in end-position is 'place' before 'time', but heard recently a dialogue in which the speakers said:
"He was born in 1869 in India." or "She was born in 1867 in Poland." (It was a short video included in a school book for learners of English as a foreign language).
Is this word order also acceptable? Would a native speaker prefer place followed by time or, as in the example above, time followed by place?