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    III. Circumstantial elements that the '<span class="pinyin">shì</span> <span class="hanzi">是</span> ... <span class="pinyin">de</span> <span class="hanzi">的</span> ' construction highlights.
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    4. Focusing on the agent of the action
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    <li>4.1 <br/> 

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Zhèi jiàn shìqíng <span class="rouge">shì</span> <span class="vert">shéi</span> gàosù nǐ <span class="rouge">de</span>?</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">这件事情是谁告诉你的？</span><br/><span class="vert">Who</span> told you this? <br/><br/> 

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      If the verb has a direct object, it is often displaced to the beginning of the sentence.
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    <li>4.2 <br/> 

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Zhèi jiàn shìqíng <span class="rouge">shì</span> <span class="vert">Wáng Huá</span> gàosù wǒ <span class="rouge">de</span>.</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">这件事情是王华告诉我的。</span><br/><span class="vert">Hua Wang</span> told me about it. It was <span class="vert">Hua Wang</span> who told me about it. <br/><br/> 

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      Sentence 4.2 could also be an answer to the following questions.
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    <li>4.3 <br/> 

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Zhèi jiàn shìqíng <span class="rouge">shì</span> <span class="vert">tā</span> gàosù nǐ <span class="rouge">de</span> ma?</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">这件事情是他告诉你的吗？</span><br/> Did <span class="vert">HE</span> tell you about this matter? Was it <span class="vert">he</span> who told you about this matter？</li>

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    <li>4.4 <br/> 

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Zhèi jiàn shìqíng <span class="rouge">shì</span> bú <span class="rouge">shì</span> <span class="vert">tā</span> gàosù nǐ <span class="rouge">de</span>?</span><br/> <span class="hanzi">这件事情是不是他告诉你的？</span><br/> Did <span class="vert">HE</span> tell you about this matter? Was it <span class="vert">he</span> who told you about this matter？</li>

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    <li>4.5 <br/> 

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<br/><span class="pinyin">Zhèi jiàn shìqíng nǐ <span class="rouge">shì</span> <span class="vert">zěnme</span> zhīdào <span class="rouge">de</span> </span> (focus on manner)<br/> <span class="hanzi">这件事情你是怎么知道的？</span><br/><span class="vert">How</span> did you know about this matter?</li>
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