- example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
This term refers to a sentence that serves as an example or illustration to clarify or demonstrate a point, concept, or grammatical structure.
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Example sentences
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In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge".
This example text is a how-to-write sample, so please add to and delete from it as required before using.
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
The example is a past progressive tense sentence. How was everybody taught when they were learning about progressive tense?
Example sentence no. 354618 created a lot of confusion on the Tatoeba website.
Fundamentally, you're not practicing anything by translating, so even if you say that you can't do it, once you've set your sights on a similar sentence you've seen before that is more natural yet does not quite convey the original sentence's nuances, translation proves to be an act that is quite addicting.
At first, I was only looking at the French sentences, but before I knew it, I was hooked into translating them.
I wonder why it's always Tom and Mary who show up in Tatoeba sentences.