Never make these mistakes in Chinese 29

Foreigners often make some strange mistakes in Chinese when they study the most difficult language— —Chinese. We try to analyze typical sentences to correct these errors.

         Zhègè shūdiàn méiyǒu nàgè shūdiàn zhème dà
False: 这个书店没有那个书店这么大。
         Zhègè shūdiàn méiyǒu nàgè shūdiàn nàme dà.
True: 这个书店没有那个书店那么大。

“那(个书店)”是远指,应该用与“那(个)”顺意的标示程度的“那么”,不能用表近指的“这么”。
那个书店 is a distant reference. It does not correspond with 这么which is related to something nearby, but correspond with 那儿 that relates to something further away.

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