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Grammar question: 你的名字是怎么取的 or ...取地?


tooironic

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On QQ one of my friends said:

你的名字是怎么取的?

Then he changed it to:

你的名字是怎么取

He claimed the latter is correct. I disagree. Who's right? I thought 地 is only used to create an adverb...

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Many years ago, 地 is used before a verb, 得 is used before an adjective and 的 is used before a noun. But now, people almost replace the other two with 的.

In this case, 的 is correct even under the older practice.

@tooironic: The structure here is 是...的.

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