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Myeung Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Verb + wh-clause

some verbs can be followed by clause beginning with a wh-word.

for example, that might explain why he is unhappy. But i saw some sentences which put a verb in the end.

for example, you should buy it no matter what price is .

I want to ask what is the different between these two sentences.

thx a lot.
  

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You are on the wrong track, myeung. There is no mysterious list of verbs that can be followed by question words such as why, where, when etc. It's just that no matter what the price is is a fixed phrase that just happens to begin with no instead of a question word and is needed at the beginning of the second clause in the sentence.

— Cool Breeze

  • You are on the wrong track, myeung.
  • There is no mysterious list of verbs that can be followed by question words such as why, where, when etc.
  • It's just that no matter what the price is is a fixed phrase that just happens to begin with no instead of a question word and is needed at the beginning of the second clause in the sentence.
  • I trust that you'll get a better grasp of these things as your knowledge of English increases.
  • CB
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You are on the wrong track, myeung. There is no mysterious list of verbs that can be followed by question words such as why, where, when etc. It's just that no matter what the price is is a fixed phrase that just happens to begin with no instead of a question word and is needed at the beginning of the second clause in the sentence. I trust that you'll get a better grasp
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myeung that might explain why he is unhappy.

you should buy it no matter what price is .
They can all end with a verb. The question is, do we wish to add something more after the verb.

no matter where she goes / is
no matter when she leaves / is
no matter what she takes / is
no matter why she quit / is
no matter which she
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RE : COOL BREEZE

thank you for your help. i have to put a lot of effort into english.

RE: Avangi

thank you for you help. Also the differents are whether we wish to add something more after the verb and it is a transitive verb or not.
am i right here? thx
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Right. Don't forget the idea of the being verb plus a complement: (is happy)
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