1st Edition
The Accurate Use of Chinese Practical Sentence Structures and Word Usage for English Speakers
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
Biography
Wen-Hua Teng is Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is the author of Yufa: A Practical Guide to Mandarin Chinese Grammar and Essential Chinese Vocabulary: Rules and Scenarios.
