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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
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‘What was the point about the therapy?’ asked I.



Is the above sentence correct?



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That would depend on the context - if the question was being asked in relation to an investigation of some kind in which therapy was mentioned, it would make perfectly good sense. "

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That would depend on the context - if the question was being asked in relation to an investigation of some kind in which therapy was mentioned, it would make perfectly good sense.

If it is a query about the value of therapy in itself, then "What was the point of the therapy?"
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>What was the point about the therapy?’ asked I.

I'd be surprised to find these days this final inversion in anything but literary work. Even then, it's probably in the poetic register, IMO.
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The sentence is grammatically correct. The next question is, "Does it say what you mean?" Emotion: smile

If you mean "What was the
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