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Read Book 他看了书。 Implies Immediatly Happened 他看书了。 Not Past Simple

Front She read a book.*
Back 他看了书。-implies immediatly just happened
他看书了。-not so immediate past
(Only with a simple V.O. compound can 了 go after either the verb or direct object)
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