Queísmo Explained

Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|Queísmo is a phenomenon in Spanish grammar, the omission of a preposition, usually Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|de, which, in Standard Spanish, would precede the conjunction (or complementizer) Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|que. For example, "Spanish; Castilian: No me di cuenta '''que''' habías venido" ("I didn't realize you had come"), compared to the standard "Spanish; Castilian: No me di cuenta '''de que''' habías venido". Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|Queísmo is frowned upon by prescriptive grammar.

Although the omitted preposition is typically Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|de, other prepositions occasionally are also subject to omission by Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|queísmo: "Spanish; Castilian: Insisto '''que''' te vayas" ("I insist that you go"); compare standard "Spanish; Castilian: Insisto '''en que''' te vayas".

Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|Queísmo may be, in some cases, a hypercorrective reaction to Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|[[dequeísmo]]: the insertion of Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|de before Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|que where it would not appear in standard Spanish, which is considered a much more serious and socially stigmatized mistake, but which is nevertheless widespread in both Peninsular and American Spanish.

References

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• Gómez Torrego, Leonardo. 1991. "Spanish; Castilian: Reflexiones sobre el 'dequeísmo' y el 'queísmo' en el español de España." Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|Español Actual, 55: 23-44.
• McLauchlan, Jessica, 1982, "Spanish; Castilian: Dequeísmo y queísmo en el habla culta de Lima." Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|Lexis: Revista de Lingüística y Literatura, 6 (1): 11-55.
• Rabanales, Ambrosio. 1974. "Spanish; Castilian: Queísmo y dequeísmo en el español de Chile." In María Josefina Tejera (ed.), Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|Homenaje a Ángel Rosenblat en sus 70 años: Estudios Filológicos y Lingüísticos (Caracas: Spanish; Castilian: Instituto Pedagógico), pp. 413–444. Also in Juan M. Lope Blanch (ed.), Spanish; Castilian: italic=yes|Estudios sobre el español hablado en las principales ciudades de América (Mexico City: Spanish; Castilian: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1977), pp. 541–569.