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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Content Clause

*He was talking about that the eldery can be dangerous drivers on the road.


He was talking about the fact that the elderly can be dangerous drivers on the road.

He was talking about how the elderly can be dangerous drivers on the road.

Are the words in italics declarative content clauses?

How come 'how' can follow 'about' but 'that' needs 'the fact' to precede it?

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Top answer

I'm not sure about the declaritive content clauses, but I don't think "about how" is actually correct. I think it's just a colloquial construction that some people use when speaking informally, but it's not grammatically correct.

— Illumi113

  • I'm not sure about the declaritive content clauses, but I don't think "about how" is actually correct.
  • I think it's just a colloquial construction that some people use when speaking informally, but it's not grammatically correct.
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I'm not sure about the declaritive content clauses, but I don't think "about how" is actually correct. I think it's just a colloquial construction that some people use when speaking informally, but it's not grammatically correct.
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That's interesting. I'd be interested to read about this. Do you have any sources prooving this?
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No, I don't, and I realized after I posted that I'm not sure at all. I might very well be completely wrong. Sorry about that. In the future, I'll be sure only to reply when I'm familiar with the grammatical constructions and rules that the question addresses.
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Illumi113Sorry about that.

No need to be sorry, Illumi113. As long as you let people you are unsure then that's fine. After all, you could very well be right.
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