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That sentence exactly means so and it's quite natural.
It's action/motion verbs, i.e., state verbs (e.g. ある, いる) are usually not used with those adverbs.What are 動きを表す動詞?
Right. ふつう is an adverb "usually" there. The comma is inserted to avoid being misunderstood. (In other word, 普通過去形 can be interpreted as a compound word, something like "common/usual past form", if this term exists.)Also I at first thought it meant "usual and past forms are not, used, but then I understood it means "usually, past tense is not used", is it right?
Do you understand the meaning of those adverbs? For instance, どうも expresses uncertainty, so it's used with guess forms ようだ/らしい, or まるで is for resemblance, so it's with ようだ/みたいだ "to be look like/seem" (thus, these two ようだ are different in meaning).Please tell me how do I remember which one works with which?
I.e. any verbs other than state verbs?It's action/motion verbs, i.e., state verbs (e.g. ある, いる) are usually not used with those adverbs.
I get them now but they are new to me (どうも in this meaning).Do you understand the meaning of those adverbs? For instance, どうも expresses uncertainty, so it's used with guess forms ようだ/らしい, or まるで is for resemblance, so it's with ようだ/みたいだ "to be look like/seem" (thus, these two ようだ are different in meaning).
The grammar point was referring to the lesson that contains so I thought it does have, ok then.という doesn't have the meaning "not very familiar with" in the expression #1.
"It's okay to anything to become/be the best"?何でも一番になる/であることがいい makes more sense?
いい means "the best" or "necessary", not "OK" there. I would say "It's best to be/become the top at everything.""It's okay to anything to become/be the best"?
に indicates the location where the factory will be built.この町に工場を作ることに対する住民からの不満が大きくなっている。
Is に used to indicate the place (町) where the action 大きくなっている takes place?
Is この町に[住民からの][工場を作ることに対する]不満が大きくなっている。wrong?
The two [] phrases seem like a couple of adjectives, can I not swap them?
The cases of causative sentences in which the cast gets を instead
(1) When the caused action is a reflex, such as crying and laughing;
(2) When the verb that is turned into the causative originally did not call for を, such as 行く and 座るI see, thank you.When the verb is non-volitional intransitive, を is always used to indicate the causee, so を is always used in the case #1. As for #2, it differs depending on other factors. For instance, 降る is non-volitional, so it's always 雨を降らせる雲, not 雨に降らせる. On the other hand, 行く and 座る are both volitional, so に also can be used. However, when the destination/target is indicated by に, を is preferred.
e.g.
彼に/を行かせた。
彼を学校に行かせた。
彼女に/を座らせた。
彼女を椅子に座らせた。
に is acceptable for 待たせる, but を is more common and natural probably because this 待つ has a nuance of non-volitional, i.e., they have to wait Tamura as a result, not by their will.
How do I know that the subject is 店長? Because of すると?Because the subject is 店長, not the speaker. If it's 店長に頼んで、高校生の娘さんを, the subject is the speaker and #b is the correct answer.
Right. For instance, そして doesn't change the subject, thus, the subject is still the speaker and therefore #b is the correct answer, too.How do I know that the subject is 店長? Because of すると?
の is the pronoun for ロボット, and が is the subject marker.Could you please explain meaning of のが in question [3]?
Is there some grammar on how すると works? I don't understand why subject is changed. すると is translated in this case as "and then", right?Right. For instance, そして doesn't change the subject, thus, the subject is still the speaker and therefore #b is the correct answer, too.