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Hans51 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Do you know why / Why do you think

Do you know why he does not like me?

Here in the sentence, 'why' is related to the following sentence 'he does not like me' and I think that 'why' modifies 'like' or 'the sentence'.


Why do you think he does not like me?

Here in the sentence, 'why' is moved to the front and then can I say that 'why' is related to the sentence 'he does not like me' and modifies 'like' or 'the sentence' or here in the sentence, 'why' is related to 'do you think' and modifies 'think'?


What do you native English speakers think?


Thank you so much as usual in advance!

  

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Hans51 Why do you think he does not like me? Here in the sentence, 'why' is moved to the front and then can I say that 'why' is related to the sentence 'he does not like me' and modifies 'like' or 'the sentence' or here in the sentence, 'why' is related to 'do you think' and modifies 'think'? The structure of this sentence is probably better explained as follows: The base sentence is You (do) think that he does not like me [why?

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  • Hans51 Why do you think he does not like me?
  • Here in the sentence, 'why' is moved to the front and then can I say that 'why' is related to the sentence 'he does not like me' and modifies 'like' or 'the sentence' or here in the sentence, 'why' is related to 'do you think' and modifies 'think'?
  • The structure of this sentence is probably better explained as follows: The base sentence is You (do) think that he does not like me [why?
  • , for some reason].
  • ] ) is called the complement of think (not a modifier).
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Hans51Why do you think he does not like me?
Here in the sentence, 'why' is moved to the front and then can I say that 'why' is related to the sentence 'he does not like me' and modifies 'like' or 'the sentence' or here in the sentence, 'why' is related to 'do you think' and modifies 'think'?

The structure of this sentence is probably better explained as

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Hans51Do you know why he does not like me?Here in the sentence, 'why' is related to the following sentence 'he does not like me' and I think that 'why' modifies 'like' or 'the sentence'.

[1] Do you know [whyi he does not like me ___I ]?

You are right. "Why" belongs in the bracketed subordinate

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