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Jacky56Lin Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Why is something the way it is? Help me please.

Dear Teacher

Why is something the way it is? You need study science to find out.



In this sentence: Why is something the way it is?

which is S. and verb?

which is the clause?



Thanks a lot.
  

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Hello AlpheccaStars



Why is something the way it is?



Something is S.



The Is in blue is S.V.



The it is in red is the clause.



It’s very hard to me, as above I know, I still know nothing about them when those words combined in to a senten
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Correct. A clause is a part of a sentence that has a subject and verb of its own.

Here is a similarly structured but simpler sentence.
Q: Why is your skin blue?
A: My skin is blue because I went swimming in the icy river.

Why (adverb) is (main verb) your skin (subject) blue (predicate adjective)?

Why is something the way it is?

Why (adver
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Thank you very much.



Dear Teacher AlpheccaStars



what does it mean by " the way it is " or " it is the way".

I understood it just little about the way it is (predicate)?. please help me make the meanings of the way it is much clearer.

tahnks a lot



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Hi Jacky;
Jacky56Linwhat does it mean by " the way it is " or " it is the way".
I understood it just little about the way it is (predicate)?. please help me make the meanings of the way it is much clearer.
Oh, it is a little difficult to explain. I will tell a story to explain this expression.

Someone says:
The cat is a very evil and bad
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Super! Super great story!

Dear Teacher AlpheccaStars you always make difficult things easy.

I am feeling so happy about your answer.

Thank you! [

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