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In my understanding, ～てから、～てから、～します is used to express several consecutive
actions that are done one after the others. However, I always find the
sentence A below but I never find the sentence B. I think the sentence B
conforms to the fact one action is done after the others.

  * A: 右に曲がって、まっすぐ行って、左に曲がって、まっすぐ行くと、突き当りにあります。

  * B: 右に曲がってから、まっすぐ行ってから、左に曲がってから、まっすぐ行くと、突き当りにあります。

Shortly speaking, when do we have to use the first grammar and the last one?
Any comments are welcome.
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～て、～て、～します versus ～てから、～てから、～します
The basic difference between a regular 〜て and a 〜てから is emphasis. てから
emphasises the order things go in.

〜てから is used much much more rarely than a regular て for joining sentences. I'd
estimate that for every てから, you'll see fifty sentences joined with a plain て.
[1] When I see 〜てから used, it's immediately a flag for me that I should pay
attention.

Here's a sample sentence from the Tanaka corpus:

> [祖父]{そふ}は[祖母]{そぼ}がぽっくり[逝って]{いって}から[急]{きゅう}に[老け込みました]{ふけこみました}。
>
> After Grandma's sudden death, Grandpa began to age rapidly.

If written without から, it would read:

> 祖父は祖母がぽっくり逝って急に老け込みました。
>
> Grandma died suddenly, and Grandpa aged rapidly.

Doesn't make much sense, does it?

Another sentence, from an old JLPT test:

> [真理子]{まりこ}さんは[高校]{こうこう}に[入って]{はいって}からバスケットボールを[始めました]{はじめました}。
>
> Mariko-san started basketball after she went into high school.
>
> 真理子さんは高校へ入ってバスケットボールを始めました。
>
> Mariko-san went into high school and started basketball.

There's nothing wrong with either sentence, but in the former sentence, you
know that she didn't dabble in basketball before entering.

In your directions example, the 〜てから version would (exaggeratedly) read
something like this:

> Only after turning right, go straight. After going straight, turn left, and
> only after that, go straight.

Often, when used, it makes a big difference in how the sentence reads. So the
rare times you run across it, pay attention to it.

[1] I'm not really sure why they're teaching it at such low levels since it's
that rare.
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