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Rahamat Hobs Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

How much

'How much time and effort you may put in, you'll not succeed.'

Is the use of 'How much' and 'may' correct in the sentence?

Please help. Thank you.

  

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Rahamat Hobs However much time and effort you may put in, you'll not succeed. Correct as shown. You were almost completely right.

  • Rahamat Hobs However much time and effort you may put in, you'll not succeed.
  • Correct as shown.
  • You were almost completely right.
  • You just needed 'however' instead of 'how' at the beginning.
  • 'may' is correct.
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Rahamat HobsHowever much time and effort you may put in, you'll not succeed.

Correct as shown. You were almost completely right. You just needed 'however' instead of 'how' at the beginning. 'may' is correct.

Note: you'll not succeed is more often said as you won't succeed, though both are correct.

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