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Is 片付きます a word?
Is 片付きます a word?
Yes.
Does the book have a typo, and is 片付けます the right spelling?
No.
片付{かたづ}けます and 片付{かたづ}きます are two different but complementary words with the same basic meaning. One of them, ...
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Why do we use が instead of を with a 他動詞 in the expression 車が止めてあります?
One can use either “〜が” or “〜を” actually, but they have different meanings.
We first have to analyse the “〜てある” form of transitive verbs. This form means that some state has been achieved well in ...
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Why do we use が instead of を with a 他動詞 in the expression 車が止めてあります?
You could easily say "The car is stopped (parked) in front of the house" and that would make sense.
Yes, but this phrasing loses nuance.
The plain form of います is いる, which is used for ...
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Why do we use が instead of を with a 他動詞 in the expression 車が止めてあります?
Is there a grammar rule I'm not aware of?
Yes. 他動詞 + ある is a fairly common grammar pattern. It takes the particle が, and it is used to signal that an action has been taken deliberately by someone and ...
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