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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of "how"
Given the sentence:
Disgusted that the Slytherins had lost, he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry as Seeker next.
It’s very hard to understand when ‘how’ is used in a sentence. I guess that the sentence can be replaced as ‘Disgusted that the Slytherins had lost, he had tried to get everyone laughing at THAT a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry as Seeker next VERY WELL.’ Can this be right? Would you explain more about the how?
Disgusted that the Slytherins had lost, he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry as Seeker next.
It’s very hard to understand when ‘how’ is used in a sentence. I guess that the sentence can be replaced as ‘Disgusted that the Slytherins had lost, he had tried to get everyone laughing at THAT a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry as Seeker next VERY WELL.’ Can this be right? Would you explain more about the how?
Top answer
he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry = he had tried to get everyone laughing at the fact/idea that a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry. How (conj) 15. Informal.
- he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry = he had tried to get everyone laughing at the fact/idea that a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry.
- How (conj) 15.
- Informal.
- that: He told us how he was honest and could be trusted.
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he had tried to get everyone laughing at how a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry = he had tried to get everyone laughing at the fact/idea that a wide-mouthed tree frog would be replacing Harry.
How (conj) 15. Informal. that: He told us how he was honest and could be trusted.
How (conj) 15. Informal. that: He told us how he was honest and could be trusted.
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