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Onur2695 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
are their meaning the same?
For example;
My mom complained that I came home late.
My mom complained about my coming home late.
The examples above may be wrong ,but what I want to ask is that
is it okay to use the second pattern any where I like instead of writing ''that + sentence'' after the verb
And should I add a preposition after a verb (if the verb has) before using ''that + sentence(noun clause)''
What I mean above is simply that
I am afraid that + sentence
I am afraid of that + sentence
which ???
My mom complained that I came home late.
My mom complained about my coming home late.
The examples above may be wrong ,but what I want to ask is that
is it okay to use the second pattern any where I like instead of writing ''that + sentence'' after the verb
And should I add a preposition after a verb (if the verb has) before using ''that + sentence(noun clause)''
What I mean above is simply that
I am afraid that + sentence
I am afraid of that + sentence
which ???
Top answer
onur2695 My mom complained that I came home late. This would be more common and informal. onur2695 My mom complained about my coming home late.
- onur2695 My mom complained that I came home late.
- This would be more common and informal.
- onur2695 My mom complained about my coming home late.
- This would be extremely formal and less common.
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onur2695My mom complained that I came home late.This would be more common and informal.
onur2695My mom complained about my coming home late.This would be extremely formal and less common.
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onur2695what I want to ask is ... is it okay to use the second pattern anywhere I like instead of writing that + sentence after the verbNo! That's not OK. Most of the time the second pattern will be wrong if you do that. The second pattern is very much less used than the first.
onur2695I am
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