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Perfect Stranger Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

In that respect?

Dear All,

Do these sentences make sense and are they grammatically correct?

What's the Chinese culture in that respect?
I don't know what the Chinese culture is in that respect.
I don't know what the Chinese culture in that respect is.

I feel that they all miss the word like

Thanks
  

Top answer

I find all three to be satisfactory as they are.

— Philip

  • I find all three to be satisfactory as they are.
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I find all three to be satisfactory as they are.
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Thank you Philip.

The problem is that when speaking English I'd like to know why one sentence I'm uttering is preferable to the other. In case of those three the structure and grammar both feel a bit odd to me and I don't know why. And what's even more confusing is the fact that all 3 seem to be OK, as you kindly pointed out.
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Are you sure you don't want to ask about 'Chinese custom'?

eg
Tom: In Canada, we eat chicken with a knife and fork. What's the Chinese custom in that respect?
Liang: In China, we use chopsticks.

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CliveAre you sure you don't want to ask about 'Chinese custom'?
Good point!
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As a matter of fact, the most important thing at this point is that I don't understand the grammar behind those sentences... Philip said that all 3 are OK... Especially the second two seem to puzzle me. In the second one we have is before in that respect. In the last one is is at the end...

What's the Chinese culture in that respect?
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Perfect Stranger In the second one we have is before in that respect. In the last one is is at the end...
The position of is isn't important, except possibly in the matter of a particular writer's style.
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