The accurate use of Chinese : practical sentence structures and word usage for English speakers /: practical sentence structures and word usage for English speakers. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wen-Hua Teng.
• Authors: Teng, Wen-Hua, 1956-
• Contents: Part I (Sentence Patterns) 1. How to use because in Chinese 2. Complex sentences 3. Contrasts and Contradictions 4. Infinitive (to + verb) and "adjective + noun" as adjectives 5. Information sequence 6. The representations of it in Chinese 7. Linking verbs and their Chinese counterparts 8. Omission and replacement of nouns or pronouns 9. The Chinese representations of English past tense and present perfect tense 10. English and Chinese prepositional phrases: word orders and grammatical features 11. Comparing the use of basic punctuation in English and Chinese 12. Conditional sentences, the Subjunctive mood and using if Part II (Word Usages) 1. Almost 2. Already 3. First 4. Happy 5. Live 6. Must 7. Once 8. Only 9. Or 10. Since 11. Some 12. Then Part III (Common Errors) Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 495.182421; Chinese language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English; Chinese language -- Grammar; Mandarin dialects -- Grammar
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000485257; 9781000485226; 9781003024347
• Related ISBNs: 9780367456085; 9780367456092
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