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Is this question correct?
(e. g. if an employer prefers handsome people)
"Does your decision always depends on how someone looks like?"
TIA
Hartmut
"Does your decision always depends on how someone looks like?"
TIA
Hartmut
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[nq:1](e. g. "[/nq] No.
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[nq:1](e. g. if an employer prefers handsome people) "Does your decision always depends on how someone looks like?"[/nq]
No.
In English we would say something like:
"Do you always judge people by their appearance?"
or
"Are your decisions influenced by the appearance of the person proposing the idea?"
or
"Do you hire more on the basis of looks than ability?"
No.
In English we would say something like:
"Do you always judge people by their appearance?"
or
"Are your decisions influenced by the appearance of the person proposing the idea?"
or
"Do you hire more on the basis of looks than ability?"
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Hartmut Mühlenbein wrote on 31 Jul 2004:
[nq:1](e. g. if an employer prefers handsome people) "Does your decision always depends on how someone looks like?"[/nq]
While ther are other and better ways of expressing this (see John Ings's post), the structure of your sentence is incorrect. To be idiomatic and grammatically correct English, it would have to be either
(A) "Does your dec
[nq:1](e. g. if an employer prefers handsome people) "Does your decision always depends on how someone looks like?"[/nq]
While ther are other and better ways of expressing this (see John Ings's post), the structure of your sentence is incorrect. To be idiomatic and grammatically correct English, it would have to be either
(A) "Does your dec
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No! It is not correct. "Does your decision always depend on how someone looks like?" is the correct form. The auxiliary(does) is already in the third person form.
Maria.G
Maria.G
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[nq:2](e. g. if an employer prefers handsome people) "Does your decision always depends on how someone looks like?"[/nq]
It should be "what" not "how" ( a fairly typical error for Germans). the sentence should be "Does your decision always depend on what someone looks like?"
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
It should be "what" not "how" ( a fairly typical error for Germans). the sentence should be "Does your decision always depend on what someone looks like?"
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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[nq:1]It should be "what" not "how" ( a fairly typical error for Germans). the sentence should be "Does your decision always depend on what someone looks like?"[/nq]
So "HOW someone looks like" is always wrong?
What about "Yesterday I had a booze up with Steve, I wonder how he looked like this morning"?
Hartmut
So "HOW someone looks like" is always wrong?
What about "Yesterday I had a booze up with Steve, I wonder how he looked like this morning"?
Hartmut
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Hartmut Mühlenbein wrote on 26 Apr 2005:
[nq:2]It should be "what" not "how" ( a fairly typical ... "Does your decision always depend on what someone looks like?"[/nq]
[nq:1]So "HOW someone looks like" is always wrong? What about "Yesterday I had a booze up with Steve, I wonder how he looked like this morning"?[/nq]
Wrong. It should be "how he looked" or "what he looked like" . This is
[nq:2]It should be "what" not "how" ( a fairly typical ... "Does your decision always depend on what someone looks like?"[/nq]
[nq:1]So "HOW someone looks like" is always wrong? What about "Yesterday I had a booze up with Steve, I wonder how he looked like this morning"?[/nq]
Wrong. It should be "how he looked" or "what he looked like" . This is
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[nq:2]It should be "what" not "how" ( a fairly typical ... "Does your decision always depend on what someone looks like?"[/nq]
[nq:1]So "HOW someone looks like" is always wrong? What about "Yesterday I had a booze up with Steve, I wonder how he looked like this morning"?[/nq]
It would be OK without the word "like", i.e. "I wonder how he looked this morning". I feel that there's a subtle di
[nq:1]So "HOW someone looks like" is always wrong? What about "Yesterday I had a booze up with Steve, I wonder how he looked like this morning"?[/nq]
It would be OK without the word "like", i.e. "I wonder how he looked this morning". I feel that there's a subtle di
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ELT woes...easily confused questions.
This tends to drill well, even with older groups:
The six questions you alternate between are:
How is she looking?
Usually, a question regarding her appearance after an illness or other hardship.
How does she look?
A secondary form that most native speakers would consider interchangable with the first. The state verbs "look" and "feel"
This tends to drill well, even with older groups:
The six questions you alternate between are:
How is she looking?
Usually, a question regarding her appearance after an illness or other hardship.
How does she look?
A secondary form that most native speakers would consider interchangable with the first. The state verbs "look" and "feel"
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ELT woes...easily confused questions.
This tends to drill well, even with older groups:
The six questions you alternate between are:
How is she looking?
Usually, a question regarding her appearance after an illness or other hardship.
How does she look?
A secondary form that most native speakers would consider interchangable with the first. The state verbs "look" and "feel"
This tends to drill well, even with older groups:
The six questions you alternate between are:
How is she looking?
Usually, a question regarding her appearance after an illness or other hardship.
How does she look?
A secondary form that most native speakers would consider interchangable with the first. The state verbs "look" and "feel"
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