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C. The first in a series of verbal expressions does not take <span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span>. The second verb takes a sentence-end <span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span>if the action is completed. If the object of the second verb is quantified or modified, the second verb takes the verb-suffix <span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span>.
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Note: <span class="rouge">(x)</span> means that -<span class="pinyin">le</span> <span class="hanzi">了</span> may not be used there.
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Shàng ge xīngqī-tiān wǒ qù <span class="rouge">(x)</span> shūdiàn mai-le yì běn Hàn-Yīng zìdiǎn.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">上个星期天我去书店买了一本汉英字典。</span><br/> Last Sunday, I went to the bookstore and bought a Chinese-English dictionary.</li>
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<br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ yǐjīng dǎ <span class="rouge">(x)</span> diànhuà gàosù <span class="rouge">(x)</span> tā zhèi jiànshì le.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">我已经打电话告诉他这件事了。</span><br/> I have already called him to tell him about this matter.</li>
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