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Things

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Order

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Age

Books

Clothes

is used to ask how many about things which are counted as

------------------------------- is used to ask the length of time something takes.

------------------------------- is added after quantifiers to mean about.

----------------- means only. It is added after quantifiers or nouns to express that there is no
more or nothing (no one) else.

------------------N1 N2 adjective This sentence pattern describes the quality and/or

state of N1 in comparison with N2

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N1 N2 adjective The question asks the listener to choose

between two items (N1 and N2). Theinterrogative used is always if the
comparison is made between two items.

----------------------N1 adjective This question pattern is used

to ask the listener to choose something that is the most adjective. The choice is
made from the group or category denoted by N1. The interrogative used is decided
by the kind of category from which the choice is made.

---------------------N1(place){NV }

the purpose for ,

,or is expressed using this pattern. The purpose is marked with the
particle . A noun used before is of the kind denoting an action.

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is used to ask the way or the method of doing something.

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