Pivotal sentences 兼语句
The pivotal sentence is also a sentence with a verbal predicate. Its predicate is composed of two verbal phrases. The object of the first verb is simultaneously the subject of the second verb. The first verb in a pivotal sentence should be a verb with a meaning of “making” or “ordering” somebody to do something, such as “请” or “让”.
Both “请” and “让”have the meaning of requiring others to do something. “请” is used in a formal situation and sounds polite. “请” also has the meaning of ‘to invite”. For example”
晚上我们请你和你朋友吃饭。
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Subject |
Predicate |
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Verb 1 |
Object 1 (Subject 2) |
Verb 2 |
Object 2 |
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宋华
陆雨平
妈妈 |
让
请
不让 |
陆雨平
经理
她 |
来帮
帮助
喝 |
他们。
马大为。
咖啡。 | |
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