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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
How living is important.
Is the pattern okay?
How living is important.
We talked about how living is important.
And here how modifies living, right?
What do you native English speakers think?
How living is important.
We talked about how living is important.
And here how modifies living, right?
What do you native English speakers think?
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As far as the English is concerned, "We talked about how living is important" is OK in everyday language. I might avoid this pattern in formal writing though. However, the meaning seems a bit odd to me, and I wonder whether you may have misunderstood it.
- As far as the English is concerned, "We talked about how living is important" is OK in everyday language.
- I might avoid this pattern in formal writing though.
- However, the meaning seems a bit odd to me, and I wonder whether you may have misunderstood it.
- "how" does not modify "living" -- it is not saying that you talked about "how people live".
- Instead the sentence implies that you both agreed that "living is important", which is, as I say, odd.
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As far as the English is concerned, "We talked about how living is important" is OK in everyday language. I might avoid this pattern in formal writing though.
However, the meaning seems a bit odd to me, and I wonder whether you may have misunderstood it. "how" does not modify "living" -- it is not saying that you talked about "how people live". Instead the sentence implies that you both
However, the meaning seems a bit odd to me, and I wonder whether you may have misunderstood it. "how" does not modify "living" -- it is not saying that you talked about "how people live". Instead the sentence implies that you both
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