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Tashiro Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What vs. how

Hi, please help me.

"When Roger proposed, did you know what he was feeling?"

Is it possible to "what" to "how"? If possible, the sentences have different meanings?
  

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When Roger proposed, did you know what he was feeling? What in this sentence is used to talk about the thing(s) or the feeling that people felt inside (a noun). When Roger proposed, did you know how he was feeling?

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  • When Roger proposed, did you know what he was feeling?
  • What in this sentence is used to talk about the thing(s) or the feeling that people felt inside (a noun).
  • When Roger proposed, did you know how he was feeling?
  • How is used to describe the way that people felt inside (an adverb).
  • I just know that
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When Roger proposed, did you know what he was feeling?

What in this sentence is used to talk about the thing(s) or the feeling that people felt inside (a noun).

When Roger proposed, did you know how he was feeling?

How is used to describe the way that people felt inside (an adverb).

I just know that
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