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的 Stay Omitted General Rules Ommiting Lot Sentence

Front What are 4 general rules for ommiting 的s when there are a lot of them in a sentence?
Back 1. 的 in a relative clause must stay
2. 的 after a disyllabic adjective must stay
3. 的 indicating possession may be omitted
4. when multiple 的s are used to connect a series of nouns, the one closest to beginning of sentence is omitted first:
现在在跟王先生跳舞的那个漂亮的女孩是李老师(的)妹妹的同屋。
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