Not only should the words chosen be plain and unpretentious, but the constructions should not involve complicated elements.
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为了能说一种语言,一个人不仅要掌握词汇和发音,以及一系列造句的规则,还应对语法做到差不多融汇贯通。
To speak a language, one must know its grammar almost completely, not just its vocabulary or its sounds, not even sets of rules for constructing sentences.