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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
HOW as a conjunction???
Can you use HOW like this?
1 Did you tell them how you screamed at me the other day for doing as little as talking to someone else? (can you say "for doing as little as" is that natural?)
2 Did you know how if you did that while you were pregnant it would be dangerous not only for you but for the baby?
Thank you
1 Did you tell them how you screamed at me the other day for doing as little as talking to someone else? (can you say "for doing as little as" is that natural?)
2 Did you know how if you did that while you were pregnant it would be dangerous not only for you but for the baby?
Thank you
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Did you tell them how you screamed at me the other day for doing something as little as talking to someone else? (How - she screamed loudly or something like that) Did you know (that) how if you did that while you were pregnant it would be dangerous not only for you but for the baby? (Note: You will hear how used here in casual conversations - do you know how ...
- Did you tell them how you screamed at me the other day for doing something as little as talking to someone else?
- (How - she screamed loudly or something like that) Did you know (that) how if you did that while you were pregnant it would be dangerous not only for you but for the baby?
- (Note: You will hear how used here in casual conversations - do you know how ...
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Did you tell them how you screamed at me the other day for doing something as little as talking to someone else? (How - she screamed loudly or something like that)
Did you know (that)how if you did that while you were pregnant it would be dangerous not only for you but for the baby?
(Note: You will hear how used here in casual conversa
Did you know (that)
(Note: You will hear how used here in casual conversa
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alc24(can you say "for doing as little as" is that natural?)It may be regional. It sounds natural to my New England ear.
It might be less controversial in this sentence: "Can you believe I got a ticket for doing as little as five miles over the speed limit?"
(The "doing" is the "something.")
Bad example. I suppose "doing 60 mph"
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Actually, I think your example is as good as any I can come up with.
A sentence like "The maid was doing as little as possible," is common and natural, but is probably also an idiom.
Some people are getting good money for doing as little as punching the timeclock.
I think this is like your example, because the "thing" the person is doing fits the general context
A sentence like "The maid was doing as little as possible," is common and natural, but is probably also an idiom.
Some people are getting good money for doing as little as punching the timeclock.
I think this is like your example, because the "thing" the person is doing fits the general context
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Hi Avangi:
I've tried reading the sentence out loud both ways. My outcome was that the sentence is so complex, that the added direct object "something," said with emphasis, would make it more understandable. But it is actually not necessary.
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I've tried reading the sentence out loud both ways. My outcome was that the sentence is so complex, that the added direct object "something," said with emphasis, would make it more understandable. But it is actually not necessary.
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I don't know how old this thread is, but I hope that it's OK to add to it.
I'm posting as anonymous at the moment as I've not yet joined - but my name is Margarita.
I'm currently having a disagreement with my Spanish teacher about how to translate the word "how" when used in this sentence:
"What I like most is how you present the food."
He maintains that it functions as a
I'm posting as anonymous at the moment as I've not yet joined - but my name is Margarita.
I'm currently having a disagreement with my Spanish teacher about how to translate the word "how" when used in this sentence:
"What I like most is how you present the food."
He maintains that it functions as a
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Anonymousto me it's functioning more like a conjunction. There is no question implied - it is a simple statement in which "how" could be replaced by "the way in which"I agree.
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AnonymousBy the way, the issue is whether the Spanish word translating "how" has an accent over the o or not!You can translate it that literally into Spanish? I thought you'd use "manera" in there somewhere, not "como".
CJ
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That's helpful. Many thanks.
Actually the issue involved not translating but correcting some Spanish sentences as an exercise. Having consulted the DRAE dictionary, I left "como" without an accent - but the teacher (it's a new online blog called Nacho Time) said that it should have been changed to "cómo".
I emailed that I'd understood the sentence as meaning, "What I like most is
Actually the issue involved not translating but correcting some Spanish sentences as an exercise. Having consulted the DRAE dictionary, I left "como" without an accent - but the teacher (it's a new online blog called Nacho Time) said that it should have been changed to "cómo".
I emailed that I'd understood the sentence as meaning, "What I like most is
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