The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.

To accommodate a fast growing urban population, real estate developers favor tall, rectangular, concrete apartment buildings over traditional Chinese architectures. The buildings in northern cities no longer look distinguishable from buildings in southern cities. Revisiting those diverse architectural motifs serves as a reminder of how diverse China proper really is.…East of the thick red lines is a rough definition of China proper (Lin et al., 2015)

Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.

On receiving the news of his promotion, Charles Snodgrass said he was delighted to be entering his majority.