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The sentence patterns [V de OV de O] or [V O deV O de] are often called the shi… de (是……的) sentences. Some scholars also label them as cleft sentences. Yuan Yulin (袁毓林, Yuan 2003a) terms them state-of-affairs sentencesState-of-affairs sentences. A shi… de sentence is defined as an indicativeIndicative sentence that describes a state of affairs, formed by placing the particle de after an event sentenceEvent sentences. Below are some typical examples of state-of-affairs sentences:

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State-of-Affairs Sentences

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  • Quan Wan

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The sentence patterns [V de OV de O] or [V O deV O de] are often called the shi… de (是……的) sentences. Some scholars also label them as cleft sentences. Yuan Yulin (袁毓林, Yuan 2003a) terms them state-of-affairs sentencesState-of-affairs sentences. A shi… de sentence is defined as an indicativeIndicative sentence that describes a state of affairs, formed by placing the particle de after an event sentenceEvent sentences. Below are some typical examples of state-of-affairs sentences: