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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
How to understand this sentence?
How to understand the below sentence's grammar structure?
"How was I to know which way the story'd go"
"How was I to know which way the story'd go"
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It's the question form of I was (supposed) to know by some means the way in which the story would go. " the way in which becomes which way . How I was (supposed) to know?
- It's the question form of I was (supposed) to know by some means the way in which the story would go.
- " the way in which becomes which way .
- How I was (supposed) to know?
- becomes How was I to know?
- ) story'd is story would .
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It's the question form of
I was (supposed) to know by some means the way in which the story would go.
by some means becomes the question word "How?", i.e., "by what means?"
the way in which becomes which way.
How I was (supposed) to know? becomes How was I to know?
(Inversion of subject and verb because it's a question.)
I was (supposed) to know by some means the way in which the story would go.
by some means becomes the question word "How?", i.e., "by what means?"
the way in which becomes which way.
How I was (supposed) to know? becomes How was I to know?
(Inversion of subject and verb because it's a question.)
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Hi CJ, How I was supposed to know? and How was I to know? are questions. But why the first question doesn't have to be an inversion form?
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AnonymousHi CJ, How I was supposed to know? and How was I to know? are questions. But why the first question doesn't have to be an inversion form?You seem to be misunderstanding the style of presentation here.
How I was supposed to know? is an intermediate form that is not grammatical, simply to show you how the statement looks before i
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