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430 sore ni

1. Sore ni introduces an additional non-emphatic item or statement. (See
Related Expression.)
2. When sore ni is used to introduce an additional statement, the patterns
(ii) and (iii) in the Formation are commonly used, as in KS@) and (c).
However, {V / Adj. / N + Cop.}te, Vmasu, and Adj(i)ku can also pre-
cede sore ni, as in (1) - (3). (Vmasu and Adj(i)ku are ~s~ally used in
written language.)
~WCI 19-L
(1) a. %&kb&%L-~lr>~, ;fhlZ3%&B &ao
(She is married, and what's more, she has children.)
b. 2 5 .Lb2%?< 7, ?hl~%%7F&&,,
(Tofu is cheap, and in addition, it's nutritious.)
c. 2071T- b I&&?, ;f~hlZ~~@~lr~,
(This apartment is inconvenient, and moreover, the rent is
expensive.)
d. $LCA%&T, ;fh~#$,6$~~~7~.16~
(I am near-sighted, and what's more, I have astigmatism.)
(2) ~~~~Y$TB$&~Z~WS~L,
I: liL ' ILhL+L<L lli
?hlZEl$TB$QLk2
2B&&o
(He studied Japanese at college for three years, and in addition,
he worked (lit. has worked) in Japan.)
+ Lri+
(3) %&0%< lJ\ %biz 1. - 'I -7FW<, ?hlZ&k?-iflr~,
(The novels he writes have interesting story lines, and on top of
that, they are easy to read.)

Omake ni and sore ni are used in similar situations. The difference is that
omake ni introduces an emphatic statement while sore ni introduces a non-
emphatic statement. Thus, in [I] omake ni is acceptable because the addi-
tional statements can be emphatic.