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Sentence types › Single-level complex sentences › Condensed complex sentences
任……也…… is a compact pattern for saying that an outcome remains the same regardless of a person’s action, a choice, or a changing circumstance. Learn how to form it, what it emphasizes, and when to choose a different construction.
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A multi-layer compound sentence needs at least two structural levels. In this lesson the outer groups are parallel, and the main examples also coordinate clauses within each group. Compare them with grammatical one-level sentences; several …
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This lesson analyzes multi-layer sentences whose outer relation is contrastive. At least one side contains another clause relationship, such as cause, condition or concession. Two contrastive pairs placed side by side do not by themselves e…
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A multi-layer hypothetical sentence has an outer if–result relationship and at least one relationship inside a clause group. Learn to distinguish this hierarchy from separate conditional pairs and to analyze causes, further conditions and s…
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A multi-layer causal sentence has at least three clauses and two structural levels. An outer reason–result relationship may contain parallel reasons, an inner cause or a sequence of responses. Learn to group the clauses and check both the h…
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Multi-layer progressive sentences have an outer “not only … but also …” relationship and an inner relationship within at least one side. Learn to map causes, conditions or concessions inside the added point, and distinguish structural layer…
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Time order connects sentences by showing when events happen and how one stage leads to the next. Learn to follow and build a coherent chronological passage.
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Spatial order organizes a description by where things are and how a reader or observer moves through a place. This lesson shows how to build a connected paragraph with a stable viewpoint, clear reference points, and useful directional langu…
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Logical order is the arrangement of sentences so readers can follow how one idea supports, explains, qualifies, or responds to another. Learn to trace the relationship before choosing connectors.
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Topic extension develops an established subject by adding a relevant dimension, question, implication, or application. This lesson shows how to carry a reader from one sentence to the next while keeping the paragraph’s focus clear.
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A topic shift moves a passage from one subject to another while preserving the reader’s sense of how the ideas relate. Learn to signal the new focus, connect it to what came before, and return to earlier information when useful.
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承前省略 (chéngqián shěnglüè) is context-based omission that lets a later sentence leave out information already established earlier. Learn to track the referent, recover the omitted meaning, and judge when repetition or a clear noun is more us…
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