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You'll never know the workings of the inside. Does that make any sense?

Hmea1 · Accepted Answer

Yes, it makes perfect sense.

Dimsumexpress · Answer

I see it a little differently.

GuestYou'll never know the workings of the inside. Does that make any sense?

Even though it appears to be grammatical, its meaning is unclear. Is this question about the inner operation of an organization, or something engineered, say a DVD player. The context is too abstract, but looks like a statement about the shady practice of an organizaton. I would reword it as " You'd never know how it works on the inside". "Workings" especailly being plural seems wrong to me. Just my thought.

Avangi · Answer

You'll never know the workings of the inside.

dimsumexpressThe context is too abstract

As in the case of about 90% of the sentences presented as questions on EF, there is no context. In my opinion, this is no reason to downgrade the quality of the English.

When the poster asks if the sentence makes any sense, we never know if he means "Would it make sense if I told you the context?"
Or does he mean, "Please rewrite the sentence so it doesn't need any context." ?

Best regards, - A.

Edit. To my ear, the plural "workings" suggests a certain minimum level of complexity.
- the works/workings of a watch/organization

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