し+も grammar confusion!
皆さんこんにちは！私は質問があります。
My Japanese textbook is currently going through the usage of し, and it says that there are two types of expressions combined with も:
1) その庭には松の木もありますし、竹もあります。In this garden there are pine trees and bamboo trees. (も is repeated in both clauses)
2) その家の一階には茶の間がありますし、応接間もあります。On the first floor of this house there is a living room and a drawing room. (も is only used in the second clause).
Can anyone please explain why the first sentence has も used twice and the second sentence has も used only once? Thanks a lot for your help!
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Answers · 6
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I've paraphrased the sentences into simple versions for 3rd-grades:
1) その庭には松の木があります。 その庭には竹があります。
2) その家の一階には茶の間があります。そして、応接間もあります。
The difference in nuance is quite subtle.
1) I would say that the speaker mention the garden.
2) I would say that the speaker mention the living room.
So, the translations in your textbook was not accurate, I guess, though nobody knows the feelings of the speaker.
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If you reverse が and も like その家の一階には茶の間もありますし、応接間があります, the sentence is a little natural because も means " in addition".
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