More nouns and prepositions are used in Chinese than in English.
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- English tends to employ more nouns, adjectives, prepositions, adverbs, etc., than Chinese, while Chinese tends to use more verbs than English.
- More verbs are used in Chinese than in English.
- Passive voice is more often used in Chinese than in English.
- Comparing with English verbs, what is the characteristics of Chinese verbs? A: Verbs are more frequently used in Chinese than in English. B: Verbs are sometimes omitted in English but not in Chinese. C: Chinese verbs do not change their forms according to tense. D: All of the above.
- A query of “a lot of” under “List” shows that it is far more used in spoken English than in Academic English.