B2 book omissions
Sad but true: the length of paper books have limits. And the ebooks contain the same content as the paper versions. The following grammar points were omitted from the B2 book in order to stay under 400 pages (the hard limit for our printing service).
These grammar points were considered non-essential for the book:
| Grammar Point (English) | Pattern | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwanese "you" | 有 + Verb + 过 | 我 有 去 过 中国。 |
| Challenging an adjective with "shenme" | Adj. + 什么？ | 你急 什么 急，还 早 着 呢。 |
| Comparing "turan" and "huran" | 突然 vs 忽然 | 我的 电话 忽然 响了。 事情 发生 得 太 突然。 |
| An additional step with "jin yi bu" | Subj. + 进一步 + Verb | 我们 准备 进一步 扩大 中国 市场。 |
| Comparing "kending" "queding" and “yiding" | 肯定 vs 确定 vs 一定 | 老板 肯定 了 我们 团队 的 工作。你 确定 他 是 我们 要 找 的 人？一定 要 小心。 |
| Expressing "and" with "he" (advanced) | Verb 1 + 和 + Verb 2 | 政府 每年 都 会 维护 和 修理 这些 建筑 。 |
These grammar points were omitted because they specifically related to Taiwanese Mandarin, which is only relevant to a certain subset of Chinese Grammar Wiki users:
| Grammar Point (English) | Pattern | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Taiwanese "you" | 有 + Verb + 过 | 我 有 去 过 中国。 |
| The use of Taiwanese Mandarin "hui" | Subj. + 会 + Predicate + 吗 ？ | 你 会 冷 吗 ？ |
