He came into room, his hat on?

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Hi! Please help me! ^^Question 1 He came into room with his hat on. Can you change the sentence above to 'He came into room, his hat on.' ? Question 2I didn't know that anything was wrong.Is this sentence is right grammartically?Thank you so much in advance. ^^

The Graduate · Accepted Answer

Hi Brightsun,

Regarding your first Question:

I think the sentence should be 'He came into room, his hat was on'

Regarding your second Question:

I think your sentence is O.K.

Ant_222 · Answer

1. He came into the room with his hat on.
2. He came into the room, his hat on (... and eyes popped).

«I didn't know that anything was wrong.» — is bad IMHO.

3.1. I didn't know that something was wrong.

3.2. I didn't know that there was something wrong.

3.3. I didn't know _if_ anything was wrong

3.4 (different meaning) I didn't know that everything was wrong

Brightsun · Answer

Thank you very much for your kind answer. ^^

Then I'd like to know what IMHO means.

I didn't know that anything was wrong.» — is bad IMHO

Ant_222 · Answer

IMHO == 'In My Humble Opinion'; //You could have tried to find it in Google BTW!

CalifJim · Answer

Question 1.

He came into the room with his hat on. OK.
He came into the room, his hat on. Awkward. Very unusual.

Question 2.

I didn't know that anything was wrong. OK.

CJ

Kooyeen · Answer

CalifJimQuestion 1.

I didn't know that anything was wrong. OK.

Hi everyone,
let me take advantage of that... I recently learned about that structure (I didn't know it!):
- Do you have any sisters?
- Yes, two.
- Oh, really? I didn't know you had any sisters!

I was wondering if "any" is mandatory in such structures, or "some" could be good too. For example, I think "I didn't know that anything was wrong" and "I didn't know that something was wrong" are both ok and the same in meaning (the one with "any" sounds more "general", though). But in my example, would it be the same? "Some" good too?
Thanks

Ant_222 · Answer

Sorry for misleading...

Now I don't understand was does this mean:

«I didn't know that anything was wrong»

What didn't the guy know?

1. The fact that everything was wrong
2. The fact that something was wrong
?

Kooyeen · Answer

Hi,
"I didn't know that anything was wrong" ---> the fact that there was something wrong. I really thought everything was ok.
"I didn't know that you had any sisters" ---> the fact that you have some sisters. I really thought you had none.

Just wondering if those kinds of anys are mandatory... or "some" is ok too.

CalifJim · Answer

some is not OK.

I didn't know that you had [any / *some] sisters.

The negation in the main clause carries through to require any.

Also, in the total negation reading:

I didn't want him to have [any / *some] dessert, because it's too fattening.
They didn't let me have [any / *some] of the money.¹
Tom couldn't believe that [any / *some] deception was involved.
Wanda didn't trust her sister to remember [any / *some] of the details.¹
Fred and Mary can't coax their son into taking [any / *some] job.

¹In these, there is a different reading (partial negation) with some:

They didn't let me have some of the money. = There was some money that he didn't let me have. (And presumably some money that he did let me have.)
Wanda didn't trust her sister to remember some of the details. = There were some details that Wanda didn't trust her sister to remember. (And presumably some that details that Wanda did trust her sister to remember.)

(Both of these have an of construction after any/some. This may or may not be coincidental.)

CJ

Kooyeen · Answer

Ok, thanks! <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>

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