What is the difference between these two sentences?
Hello, my friends. I hope that you had a great day without any problems..
There are two sentences here.
1-) The teacher asked her students a hard question to understand.
(Some native speakers said: "It is grammatically incorrect.)
2-) It is a hard question to understand.
(We know it is correct)
The question is what the difference between them is?
The bold parts are totally the same but the first one is incorrect, the second one is OK.
I think that the part "to understand" shouldn't be considered as a part of "a hard question".
If we consider "to understand" to be separated from "a hard question", I can understand the difference between them. Because it means that "to understand" is just taking a reference in order to compare for what it is a hard question.
For what is it a hard question? To understand / for understanding.
What do you think? Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Jawel 1-) The teacher asked her students a hard question to understand. 2-) It is a hard question to understand. Both are equally correct.
- Jawel 1-) The teacher asked her students a hard question to understand.
- 2-) It is a hard question to understand.
- Both are equally correct.
- There are a few English phrases that follow the same formula, so I'm surprised you found people telling you that one is wrong.
- a hard row to hoe, a hard nut to crack, a hard pill to swallow, a hard act to follow Maybe you were told that it was wrong because that specific combination ( a hard question to understand ) is so rare.
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Jawel1-) The teacher asked her students a hard question to understand.
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2-) It is a hard question to understand.
Both are equally correct. There are a few English phrases that follow the same formula, so I'm surprised you found people telling you that one is wrong. a hard row to hoe, a hard nut to crack, a hard pill to swallow, a hard act t
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