http://www.transparent.com/chinese/misunderstandings-do-you-want-it-or-not/ Language and Culture of the Chinese-speaking world Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.transparent.com/chinese/misunderstandings-do-you-want-it-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Mary Suwarno Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:46:54 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/chinese/?p=12#comment-28 You just answered my question concerning a phrase in my textbook study of New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook, Volume 1. To read it as, "Is this your family picture?" is much better, and seems more suitable in the textbook context, than "Is this your family picture, or not?". You just answered my question concerning a phrase in my textbook study of New Practical Chinese Reader Textbook, Volume 1. To read it as, “Is this your family picture?” is much better, and seems more suitable in the textbook context, than “Is this your family picture, or not?”.

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