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On October 28 at 9:54 PM by bababardwan

Grambers, good question mate. I of course don't have an authoritative answer and hope that you do get one but I will just make the observation that... Read more

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On October 28 at 9:53 PM by ibexuyi

no no,香港 皮蛋瘦肉粥和油条最好吃。但在武汉我吃热干面! Read more

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On October 28 at 8:49 PM by geiwotangba

打错了。。。小笼包。。。不好意思! Read more

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On October 28 at 8:16 PM by geiwotangba

玉米真不错!都吃杭州小龙包。比麦当劳身体好的菜,但在麦当劳能上网都有空调所以我更喜欢去麦当劳多点舒服得吃早饭的地方。。。 Read more

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On October 28 at 5:37 PM by Mingmao

GregE, so very swift and thorough. Thank you muchly! Read more

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On October 28 at 1:17 PM by Grambers

Sorry - another measure word question. Is it the case that for most nouns there is MORE THAN ONE possible measure word? I ask this after looking at th... Read more

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On October 28 at 1:13 PM by Grambers

Perhaps Chinesepod is just displaying an understandble Chinesepod 'modesty', but I was under the impression that the phrase 'seven year itch' had an e... Read more

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On October 28 at 1:06 PM by Grambers

I had a question about this sentence from the Grammar section: 凭着 一 股 韧劲 , 他 考上 了 一流 的 大学 It appears extremely strange to try to 'cou... Read more

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On October 28 at 10:50 AM by 黄飞猴

I would call it "contextual resolution". Analogous to resolution of dissonance in music and pleasing for the same reasons. Read more

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On October 28 at 7:27 AM by GregE

Actually, all of the example sentences you gave require context to completely understand the meaning. Unfortunately we only have a certain amount of s... Read more