<p>The phrase &quot;基本是&quot; is commonly used as adv. before some adj. &quot;一个观点基本是&quot; + &quot;what something is&quot; does not sound natural to me.</p>
<p>Also, within the seemingly scientific context, &quot;进化论的一个基本观点&quot; is much more suitable than using weasel words like &quot;基本是&quot;.</p>
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<p>他们的疾病基本是身体上的问题造成的。
我觉得他基本是正确的。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>These two examples are different from your original question sentence: They are &quot;Something is + adj.&quot; instead of &quot;Something is noun.&quot;</p>

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2023-04-18T20:13:21.203Z
2023-04-18T20:13:21.203Z
charlesz
<p>I think the difference between the two is the &quot;subject&quot; in each sentence structure:</p>
<ol>
<li>The subject is &quot;观点&quot;:</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>进化论的一个&quot;观点&quot;<strong>基本(上)是</strong>: (解釋這個觀點) - &quot;One viewpoint&quot; of the evolution theory <strong>basically is</strong> as follows: (explanation of the particular viewpoint). Note that, to be correct, I think &quot;一个&quot; shall be eliminated from this sentence.</li>
</ul>
<ol start="2">
<li>The subject is &quot;一个基本观点&quot;</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>进化论的&quot;一个基本观点&quot;<strong>是</strong>: (指出這個觀點) - &quot;One basic viewpoint&quot; of the evolution theory <strong>is</strong>: (point out the particular viewpoint). Note that this sentence can be correct if only addresses a single viewpoint out of many, otherwise &quot;一个&quot; shall be eliminated from this sentence.</li>
</ul>

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2023-04-19T19:51:08.127Z
2023-04-19T19:51:08.127Z
r13
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<p>进化论的一个观点基本是：在生物进化过程中，适应自然环境的物种得以生存下来，不适应的就被淘汰，这就是所谓的“优胜劣汰，适者生存”。</p>
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<p>This is a 语病 sentence from the HSK6 past exam H61327 (Q.60).  <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/50538/8099">Here</a> I noted how the justification was 观点基本 should be 基本观点.  But I forget why I said that (at the time, I checked lots of online sources, asked my teacher, etc.), and now I think it could be correctly interpreted using 基本 as an adverb for 是:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>进化论的一个观点 / 基本是： ...<br />
One of the tenets of the theory of evolution / is basically: ...</p>
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<p>This seems quite plausible, as there are example of 基本是 used on <a href="https://youdao.com/result?word=%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E6%98%AF&amp;lang=en" rel="nofollow noreferrer">YouDao</a> such as:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>他们的疾病<strong>基本是</strong>身体上的问题造成的。<br />
我觉得他<strong>基本是</strong>正确的。</p>
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<p>In fact, <code>&quot;观点基本是&quot;</code> gets a fair number of hits on <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%E8%A7%82%E7%82%B9%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E6%98%AF%22" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Question</strong>: Is 观点基本 -&gt; 基本观点 really the error in the HSK6 语病 sentence beginning 进化论的一个观点基本是...?</p>

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Is 观点基本 -> 基本观点 really the error in the HSK6 语病 sentence beginning 进化论的一个观点基本是...?
# Is 观点基本 -> 基本观点 really the error in the HSK6 语病 sentence beginning 进化论的一个观点基本是...?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-04-18)

> 进化论的一个观点基本是：在生物进化过程中，适应自然环境的物种得以生存下来，不适应的就被淘汰，这就是所谓的“优胜劣汰，适者生存”。

This is a 语病 sentence from the HSK6 past exam H61327 (Q.60). [Here](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/q/50538/8099) I noted how the justification was 观点基本 should be 基本观点. But I forget why I said that (at the time, I checked lots of online sources, asked my teacher, etc.), and now I think it could be correctly interpreted using 基本 as an adverb for 是:

> 进化论的一个观点 / 基本是： ...  
> One of the tenets of the theory of evolution / is basically: ...

This seems quite plausible, as there are example of 基本是 used on [YouDao](https://youdao.com/result?word=%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E6%98%AF&lang=en) such as:

> 他们的疾病**基本是**身体上的问题造成的。  
> 我觉得他**基本是**正确的。

In fact, `"观点基本是"` gets a fair number of hits on [Google](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%E8%A7%82%E7%82%B9%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E6%98%AF%22).

**Question**: Is 观点基本 -> 基本观点 really the error in the HSK6 语病 sentence beginning 进化论的一个观点基本是...?

**Tags:** grammar, word-order, hsk


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-04-18. Score: 1

The phrase "基本是" is commonly used as adv. before some adj. "一个观点基本是" + "what something is" does not sound natural to me.

Also, within the seemingly scientific context, "进化论的一个基本观点" is much more suitable than using weasel words like "基本是".

> 他们的疾病基本是身体上的问题造成的。
> 我觉得他基本是正确的。

These two examples are different from your original question sentence: They are "Something is + adj." instead of "Something is noun."


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-04-19. Score: 1

I think the difference between the two is the "subject" in each sentence structure:

1. The subject is "观点":

* 进化论的一个"观点"**基本(上)是**: (解釋這個觀點) - "One viewpoint" of the evolution theory **basically is** as follows: (explanation of the particular viewpoint). Note that, to be correct, I think "一个" shall be eliminated from this sentence.

2. The subject is "一个基本观点"

* 进化论的"一个基本观点"**是**: (指出這個觀點) - "One basic viewpoint" of the evolution theory **is**: (point out the particular viewpoint). Note that this sentence can be correct if only addresses a single viewpoint out of many, otherwise "一个" shall be eliminated from this sentence.


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