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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

One Sentence--Noun Clause

That she became the teacher I will never understand.

Is this OK?

Or do we need 'why' to head the noun clause/direct object of the verb 'understand'? (why she became the teacher).

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This sentence looks familiar. Anyway, if I think about it, it doesn't make sense as it is, really: ? I'll never understand that she became a teacher ?

— Mister Micawber

  • This sentence looks familiar.
  • Anyway, if I think about it, it doesn't make sense as it is, really: ?
  • I'll never understand that she became a teacher ?
  • Well, it's possible, if the speaker, for instance, is analyzing his own psyche-- but it is certainly not the expected statement, which would indeed use 'why'.
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This sentence looks familiar. Anyway, if I think about it, it doesn't make sense as it is, really: ? I'll never understand that she became a teacher ? Well, it's possible, if the speaker, for instance, is analyzing his own psyche-- but it is certainly not the expected statement, which would indeed use 'why'.
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Thank you.
Mister MicawberThis sentence looks familiar
Yeah, someone else asked a question about this sentence, and I asked the above question in the thread, which no one answered, so I made a new thread.

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