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Why is it not '我是好'? In basic adjectival sentences, why is the copula verb 'to be' not used?

Take the simple sentence 'I am good' - 'I' is the subject, 'am' is the first-person of the verb 'to be', and 'good' is the adjective.In English, the verb 'to be' is needed in adjectival sentences to link the...
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Answered by Kwan Yee L. • Mandarin tutor
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How do we differentiate y=a^x when 'a' is an non zero real number

Firstly we must change it into a form we can deal with. To do this we take the natural log (ln) of both sides.ln(y)=ln(a x ) ln(y)=x(ln(a)) using our rules of logsFrom here we differentiate. The differential...
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Answered by Marcus J. • Maths tutor
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If (m+8)(x^2)+m=7-8x has two real roots show that (m+9)(m-8)<0 where m is an arbitrary constant

For this we are going to test our knowledge of discriminats and factorisation. Firstly we will format the equation as (m+8)x 2 +8x+(m-7)=0From here we can see it takes the form ax 2 +bx+c, and as we know the...
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What are cases?

Every word has a function in a sentence. Sometimes, we can take words away and the sentence still makes sense. However, at other times, some words are essential for the sentence to not sound 'odd.' Say the s...
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But how can we be sure that is what the author intended?

That's a really interesting point to raise. In short, I don't think we can, especially if the author has passed away. Looking at the text though, there are definitely hints pointing us to a certain message, ...
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