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Name: Differences between PARA and POR in similar syntax
ID: m12142
Language: English (en)
Summary: Explains the subtle differences in meaning between the Spanish prepositions por and para when they are used in similar syntactic situations.
Subject: Humanities
Keywords: español, para, por, preposiciones, prepositions, spanish
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)
Authors: Marathon Montrose Ramsey (maxwell@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Max Starkenburg (maxwell@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Max Starkenburg (maxwell@rice.edu)
Version: 1.3 (history)
Created: Jul 11, 2004 2:46 pm GMT-5
Revised: Dec 11, 2005 1:07 am US/Central

Version History

Version: 1.3 Dec 11, 2005 1:07 am US/Central by Max Starkenburg
Changes: 
Made myself the licensor.
Version: 1.2 Jul 11, 2004 4:12 pm GMT-5 by Max Starkenburg
Changes: 
added some links and tried adding marathon ramsey as author so that he could publish the new version himself, but he still couldn't.
Version: 1.1 Jul 11, 2004 3:52 pm GMT-5 by Marathon Montrose Ramsey
Changes: 
Publishing for the first time.  Will need to add links later once some of the other modules are published and thus get module numbers.

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Ramsey, M. Differences between PARA and POR in similar syntax, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/m12142/1.3/, Dec 11, 2005.

American Medical Assocation (AMA) Manual of Style:

Ramsey M. Differences between PARA and POR in similar syntax [Connexions Web site]. December 11, 2005. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/m12142/1.3/.

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Ramsey, M. (2005, December 11). Differences between PARA and POR in similar syntax. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m12142/1.3/

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Ramsey, Marathon. "Differences between PARA and POR in similar syntax." Connexions. December 11, 2005. http://cnx.org/content/m12142/1.3/.

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Marathon Ramsey, "Differences between PARA and POR in similar syntax," Connexions, December 11, 2005, http://cnx.org/content/m12142/1.3/.

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Ramsey, M. 2005. Differences between PARA and POR in similar syntax. Connexions, December 11, 2005. http://cnx.org/content/m12142/1.3/.

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Ramsey, Marathon. Differences between PARA and POR in similar syntax. Connexions. 11 Dec. 2005 <http://cnx.org/content/m12142/1.3/>.