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1."You won't be happy regarding what I have to say"2."You won't be happy about what I have to say"3."You won't be happy what I have to say"Are there any other alternatives?Thank you

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

#2 is natural, and #3 is ungrammatical.
#1 is so stilted that it would not be used in conversation.

MIG · Answer

Hi AlpeccaStars and Guyper.
Please pardon me for interrupting this thread.
Would you please help me to understand why, it is wrong, to drop "about"?

AlpheccaStars#3 is ungrammatical.

Is it because (Would you please suggest a better start to replace the beginning of this question, I mean "Is it because...") dropping the preposition will break the link between these two sentence?
Would you please tell me what are called these kind of sentences? (is this question correct?)
Are they called dependent and main clause? (is this question correct?)

AlpheccaStars · Answer

MIGWould you please help me to understand why, it is wrong, to drop "about"?

About is a preposition. Prepositions must have a complement (an object) to complete the phrase.

You know a lot about me.

Similarly, the object cannot be used in the sentence without the preposition.
* You know a lot about. (incorrect)
* You know a lot me. (incorrect)

A clause can be a noun clause. That is, it can be a subject or object.

I like what he likes. (Noun clause, object of verb "like")
What he likes to eat is a mystery to me. (Noun clause, subject of verb "is")
You know a lot about what I like to eat. (Noun clause, object of preposition "about")

MIG · Answer

Thank you very much AlpheccaStars.

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