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Vladv Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

Noun patterns

After many of the nouns we can use as to + wh-clause or as to + wh-word + to-infinitive to introduce the subject of a question or topic discussed thought about .
LIke in (She asked my advice as to what subject she should study at university. Can I do this after any noun? Or are there certain nouns that work this way? The ones I know are information, decision, expalantion, speculation. Could you please write all the common nouns used in this pattern? Thanks a lot.

  

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Here are the top ten according to one website. That might help a little. content=*_NOUN+as+to&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3 CJ

  • Here are the top ten according to one website.
  • That might help a little.
  • content=*_NOUN+as+to&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3 CJ
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