grammar

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ID: 106
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HSK: 3
format: Subj. + (已经 +) Duration + 没 + Verb + 了
example: 他们 已经 两 天 没 吃 东西 了
details: this pattern differs from both simple pattern for expressing duration and the pattern for ongoing duration, the duration comes right after the subject and 了 is at the end of the sentence. The verb has to be negated with 没, as the action hasn't happened.
exception: 已经 can be omitted.
keyword: (已经 +) 没 + 了
class: undefined,d,v,u
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answer:
question:
theme: Expressing duration of inaction
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