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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
How effective ...?
Which sentence should be used ... If any? Could you help me, pleae?
1) To determine how effective is the newsletter for raising awareness within the division
2) To determine how effective is the newsletter in raising awareness within the division
3) To determine how effective is the newsletter to raise awareness within the division
Thanks,
Pat
1) To determine how effective is the newsletter for raising awareness within the division
2) To determine how effective is the newsletter in raising awareness within the division
3) To determine how effective is the newsletter to raise awareness within the division
Thanks,
Pat
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Sorry, Guest, none are quite right: the prepositions are all possible, but the 'is' is misplaced. '
- Sorry, Guest, none are quite right: the prepositions are all possible, but the 'is' is misplaced.
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Sorry, Guest, none are quite right: the prepositions are all possible, but the 'is' is misplaced. Here, let me fix them:
1) To determine how effective the newsletter is for raising awareness within the division
2) To determine how effective the newsletter is in raising awareness within the division
3) To determine how effective the newsletter is to raise
1) To determine how effective the newsletter is for raising awareness within the division
2) To determine how effective the newsletter is in raising awareness within the division
3) To determine how effective the newsletter is to raise
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Thanks Mister ...
But why does "newsletter" come first? I thought that "how" should be followed by the verb ("is" - in this case).
I´m confused ... I know
But why does "newsletter" come first? I thought that "how" should be followed by the verb ("is" - in this case).
I´m confused ... I know
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'The committee has met to determine how effective the newsletter is for raising awareness within the division.'
This is a relative clause, the object of the verb 'determine'; as such, it assumes the normal S-V sentence word order. Or, you can think of it as an indirect question: the 'original' question would have been 'how effective is the newsletter?'
'You don't know
This is a relative clause, the object of the verb 'determine'; as such, it assumes the normal S-V sentence word order. Or, you can think of it as an indirect question: the 'original' question would have been 'how effective is the newsletter?'
'You don't know
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Hi, Mr. M!
"how effective it is to raise awareness"? Different meaning from the other two, isn't it?
As always, disagree if you must!
"how effective it is to raise awareness"? Different meaning from the other two, isn't it?
As always, disagree if you must!
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