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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Are these grammatical?

Then how about showing just a little fighting spirit.

Then how about you show just a little fighting spirit.

Are both of these grammatical and natural? And which one should I choose?

Thank you.

  

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anonymous Are both of these grammatical and natural? Yes, but I would choose the first one. The second one is a shortening of Then how about if you show ...

  • anonymous Are both of these grammatical and natural?
  • Yes, but I would choose the first one.
  • The second one is a shortening of Then how about if you show ...
  • which uses the very informal idiom "how about if".
  • Of course, it depends on the context.
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anonymousAre both of these grammatical and natural?

Yes, but I would choose the first one. The second one is a shortening of

Then how about if you show ....

which uses the very informal idiom "how about if".

Of course, it depends on the context. Sometimes we want to speak very informally.

CJ

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