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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Can HOW be used as a relative adverb?
1. This is the manner how you treat me.
2. Can you tell me the way how he did it?
3. This is the way how it was and will always be.
Which of the above sentences is acceptable?
2. Can you tell me the way how he did it?
3. This is the way how it was and will always be.
Which of the above sentences is acceptable?
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I think that all three sentences are wrong and should be written as follows: 1. This is the manner in which you treat me. - or - This is how you treat me.
- I think that all three sentences are wrong and should be written as follows: 1.
- This is the manner in which you treat me.
- - or - This is how you treat me.
- 2.
- Can you tell me the way he did it?
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I think that all three sentences are wrong and should be written as follows:
1. This is the manner in which you treat me. - or - This is how you treat me.
2. Can you tell me the way he did it? - or - Can you tell me how he did it?
3. This is the way it wa
1. This is the manner in which you treat me. - or - This is how you treat me.
2. Can you tell me the way he did it? - or - Can you tell me how he did it?
3. This is the way it wa
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Can HOW be used as a relative adverb?
No. It's the one case that breaks the pattern:
the person who
the thing which
the time when
the place where
the reason why
***the way how
But it's easy to remember that how breaks the pattern. It's the one that does not start with wh.
(that may
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