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Cat navy 425 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Question about sentences

Dear all,

Kindly tell me whether the following sentences are correct.

1) Do you know how much my salary is?

2) Do you know what my salary is?


Thank you.

  

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I wouldn't say #1 is wrong, but #2 is much more natural. We also say eg Do you know my salary? salary is a common term in office jobs.

— Clive

  • I wouldn't say #1 is wrong, but #2 is much more natural.
  • We also say eg Do you know my salary?
  • salary is a common term in office jobs.
  • But in other contexts eg construction, people commonly say eg Do you know how much I make ?
  • They also talk about ' my pay '.
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I wouldn't say #1 is wrong, but #2 is much more natural.

We also say eg Do you know my salary?


salary is a common term in office jobs.

But in other contexts eg construction, people commonly say eg Do you know how much I make? They also talk about 'my pay'.

Clive

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