May 6, 2021
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First of all, thank you very much and your Chinese is perfect. Here are some sentences I can't understand well, and I also put my understandings or questions inside the sentence. I hope you will give me some further explanations. Thank you very much.
At that time, China (subject) had begun (past perfect as predicate) development(object) of its real estate industry and the housing system for national staff had begun reforms.
My family went on(can ON be dropped?)to live there for 20 years.
Also, the area at which (please tell me the use of “AT WHICH” here) it was located was bad.
Journal
First of all, thank you very much and your Chinese is perfect.
I hope you will give me some further explanations.
Thank you very much.
At that time, China (subject) had begun (past perfect as predicate) development(object) of its real estate industry and the housing system for national staff had begun reforms.
My family went on(can ON be dropped? )to live there for 20 years.
No, keep the "on" in this sentence.
Also, the area at which (please tell me the use of “AT WHICH” here) it was located was bad.
You don't need "at which" in this sentence. An example of a sentence where you would use this construct is, "The neighbourhood in which the house was located was bad", but this is a little formal and clunky because you can just say "The house was (located) in a bad neighbourhood."
May 6, 2021
My family went on(can ON be dropped? )to live there for 20 years.
Please tell me why? I think the ON can be dropped.
May 6, 2021
Thank you very much.
May 10, 2021
Please tell me why? I think the ON can be dropped.
"My family went to live there for 20 years" describes a change in physical location with a pre-specified duration, e.g. they lived in City A and moved to City B with the intention to live there for 20 years. "My family went on to live there for 20 years" means they moved to the place and then, from that point ONwards, lived there for 20 years. The "on" is crucial to this context.
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First of all, thank you very much and your Chinese is perfect. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Here are some sentences I can't understand well, and I also put my understandings or questions inside the sentence. |
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At that time, China (subject) had begun (past perfect as predicate) development(object) of its real estate industry and the housing system for national staff had begun reforms. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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My family went on(can ON be dropped? )to live there for 20 years. My family went on(can ON be dropped? )to live there for 20 years. No, keep the "on" in this sentence. |
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Also, the area at which (please tell me the use of “AT WHICH” here) it was located was bad. Also, the area at which (please tell me the use of “AT WHICH” here) it was located was bad. You don't need "at which" in this sentence. An example of a sentence where you would use this construct is, "The neighbourhood in which the house was located was bad", but this is a little formal and clunky because you can just say "The house was (located) in a bad neighbourhood." |
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