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Sadly to say, you are too shallow in Chinese culture and language. The most significant mistake you made is about pinyin - a younger sibling of the more traditional Zhuyin phonetic system/symbols. Note that Chinese modernization started in the 20th century, but its language is thousand years old, do you really believe without a gradually evolve grammar system a language can survive the ages? But a sure thing is that Chinese grammar is not so strickly developed as some other languages, such as French.r13– r132021-10-17 20:14:13 +00:00Commented Oct 17, 2021 at 20:14
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Other mistakes include the comment "no punctuation", please do a thorough research before offering the misleading statement; "no national dress of its own", what is the most representative Chinese dresss you would suggest, from which of the past dynasties, for which each dynasty had their own style? The dress you mentioned is called "中山裝", I shall leave it to you to find out how it was come about and deemed the formal dress for the persons work for the government. I don't see Americans, French, Italian .... wear their own traditional dress either, don't they, or do they have one of their own?r13– r132021-10-17 20:42:12 +00:00Commented Oct 17, 2021 at 20:42
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“the adjective is placed at the end of a sentence” is totally acceptable, for example, 你真好看。user29397– user293972021-10-18 02:21:07 +00:00Commented Oct 18, 2021 at 2:21
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@r13, I haven't studied French. Do you mean French evolves in a way that the grammar system of it is more and more clear, exceptions gradually disappear? I found there are too many exceptions in Mandarin.user29397– user293972021-10-18 02:29:04 +00:00Commented Oct 18, 2021 at 2:29
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@r13 -- I am sure many members here would like to read your answers to OP's comments and question, namely, (a) "... they mix terms and knowledge of several grammar systems to explain Chinese sentences throughout the book" (b) "So I think there's still no perfect grammar system for the Chinese language", bearing in mind that OP has "... read several books on Chinese linguistics"Wayne Cheah– Wayne Cheah2021-10-18 02:30:22 +00:00Commented Oct 18, 2021 at 2:30
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