Questions tagged [conjunction]
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How similar do terms have to be to connect them with 與, 與其，及其？
I often want to make my sentences short in order to pass our classroom exercise of writing a 簡體 abstract from memory in under 5 minutes. The biggest problem seems to be that I use 與，及其，與其，in inadmissible places.
The info we were given says, 與 can be…
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what is 以及与? is it "and + and", if so why use such a thing?
I've been reading a book and stumbled upon what looks like a double conjunction 以及与:
他们惊讶地发现，虽然属于不同的时代，但那些动植物相互之间，以及与现代生物之间都有许多相似之处.
Is this a mistake? If not, then surely author differenciates between 以及 and 与, he gives them different functions.…
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比方 as a conjunction/连词？？
So, I am wondering... HSK6 includes the word 比方 which, according to my vocab-list book, in addition to being a verb (他去过很多国家，比方美国，英国，中国等) and a noun (这只是个比方，你别当真) can also be a conjunction (比方你是我，你会怎么办？ or 比方你去求他，他会不会同意？) which seems to have the…
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How dose the 们 work in sentences
I'm really confused because I was taught that 们 is used as a plural word to do stuff like they and we but the sentence 你们不爱猫 apparently means you do not like cats shouldn't it be they don't like cats?
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Different consecutive (therefore) and causative (because) conjunctions
I have learnt a few conjunctions and am trying to categorise them systematically so that they stay in my head!
I believe I have a number of consecutive conjunctions, which introduce the result of an action (in English, this is words like…
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