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Qingqing Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Which is right?

0What do you think 01i00____02i00? 02br
00A. is the matter B.it is the matter C.the matter is D.the matter is that 0-
  

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0 This sentence is built by raising "what". 02br 02br 02br 00Do you think the matter is what? 02br 02br 00Do you think what the matter is?

— Paco2004

  • 0 This sentence is built by raising "what".
  • 02br 02br 02br 00Do you think the matter is what?
  • 02br 02br 00Do you think what the matter is?
  • 02br 02br 00What do you think the matter is?
  • 02br 02br 00Answer :C 02br 02br 02br 00paco 02br 0-
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0 This sentence is built by raising "what". 02br
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00Do you think the matter is what? 02br
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00Do you think what the matter is? 02br
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00What do you think the matter is? 02br
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00Answer :C 02br
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00paco 02br
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0 Hi qingqing, 02br
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00I think the answer is A. 02br
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00What, do you think, is the matter? 02br
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00The basic question is: what is the matter? 0-
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0 I would be happy with either A or C. 0-
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0 Hello Julielai 02br
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00It's not bad we sometimes clash each other. I bet my $0.02 on C. 02br
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00paco 0-
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0Actually, yours is just fine. It's just that I hear A more often. But again, I'm just tossing my 2 yens into the forum infobank. 05000 051010id111id1
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0 The sentence in the original question contains no comma. So it should be so called "indirect wh-question". They use an inversion in "do you" that we don't need to make another inversion like "what is the matter". 02br
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00By the way which one do you think the subject is in the sentence "what is the matter?", "what" or "the matter"? I bet my another $ 0.02 on "the matter"
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0 I put the commas there just to help "visualize" the question. 02br
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00To me, this is similar to: 02br
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00Who do you think is going to be the next president? 02br
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00Which of the two do you think will be chosen? 02br
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00Again, I am betting my two yens on my imperfect English instinct. 02br
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00[1] Who do you think is going to be the next president? 12br
10[2]Which of the two do you think will be chosen?12blockquote
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00I agree these two are absolutely correct. 02br
00 [1] Who is going to be the next president? 02br
00 [2] Which will be chosen? 02br
00Both "who" and
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0 Like I said, I can't argue technicalities. Terms like "complements" have long been wiped out from my "hard drive". 02br
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00All I can say is that I don't think A is wrong. Perhaps a grammarian would like to jump in? 02br
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0 Hello Julielai 02br
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00OK, when you get to think you lose the beds, please visit me in Japan, and let's spend your four yens together. 02br
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00paco 0-
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