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03-30-2010, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by ByTheWay View Post
I'm having some difficulty understanding the difference between these two sentences:

ミルズさんはらいしゅうしゅちょうにいきます。

And

ミルズさんはしゅちょうに行くのはらいしゅうです。

Apart from the textbook stating that ...のは is identfying everything before it as the topic of the sentence I'm in the dark.

Hope someone can help with this. Thanks for looking.
Assuming you mean 首長 (I don't know what else it could be here), something akin to:

Miles will go to the section chief next week.
vs.
(Regarding Miles going to the section chief, it is next week
or
It is next week that Miles will go to the section chief.)

Note the difference between the two, stripping all extraneous information.
First form: Miles will go.
Second form: It is next week.
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