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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

definitions of grammar terms

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02br 001) John 01u 00slept02u 00 well last night. 02br 002) Japanese 01u 00eat02u 00 raw fish. 02br 02br 00paco 0-

— Paco2004

  • 02br 001) John 01u 00slept02u 00 well last night.
  • 02br 002) Japanese 01u 00eat02u 00 raw fish.
  • 02br 02br 00paco 0-
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0"Intransitive Verbs" are verbs that does not require any object to make the sentence meaningful.02br
001) John 01u00slept02u00 well last night. 02br
002) Hyun 01u00danced02u00 with Kyonsuk.02br
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00"Transitive Verbs" are verbs that require a or two objects to make the sentence meaningful.02br
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0Thank you.02br
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00Here in your sentence, why not "the Japanese"? When you refer to a group of people of a particular nationaliy like Japanese or Chinese, I thought it is proper to put "the" in front? No? They are used interchangeably? 02br
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01i01u00Japanese02u00 eat raw fish.02i0-
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0You can say "the Japanese eat raw fish". But it sounds a bit stiff and it might be taken as if it is saying all of the Japanese people eat raw fish. Maybe I should have written "Japanese people eat raw fish", because some of Japanese people might take the use of the simple "Japanese" as a kind of contempt to Japanese people (though, I myself don't mind it).02br
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