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(Irn~risonment up to three years or a penalty up to one million yen.)
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(1 have to work during the day, so I have no choice but to take a night
course or look for a tutor.)
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(A letter that I assumed was mailed two weeks ago has not reached the
addressee yet. It is probably that my secretary forgot to mail it or that
the post office made a mistake.)
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When mata wa connects two noun phrases, ka after the first noun phrase is
optional, as in KS(A), (B), Exs.(a) and @).
[Related ~xpressionsl
I. Soretomo is similar to mata wa in that it connects two possibilities, as
in [I].
[I] S%t3BM3BkIz7!P, {&?-kt / tht&l B 5 LaZBik
4$5k~;kTb>hba07'?6 5. (=KS(C))
However, soretomo can connect questions whereas mata wa cannot.
121 &&33?F7!Po {?ht% /*%t:ibl, h$?&T63 3%7!P,
(Will you go by car? Or will you go by plane?)
(6 soretomo (DBJG: 421-22))
11. N (ka) mata wa N can be paraphrased as N ka N, as in 131 and [4]. N
ka N is more informal.
131 33% {(fi5), 3 / fi51 /J\.L%I%Tk;$Lb17;S b10 (=KS(A))

[4] P {(fi5), %f:lb/ a>,,) Ra>6-1~fi'JB@~T7;Sb1~ (=&.(a))
(d kal (DBJG: 164-66))