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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Wonder how

Hi teachers,

Is it correct the explanation?

'I wonder how Mrs. Bentley is?' means 'I have the desire to have information about Mrs. Bentley'.



Thanks in advance
  

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Thinking Spain Hi teachers, Is it correct the explanation? 'I wonder how Mrs. ' means 'I have the desire to have information about Mrs.

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  • Thinking Spain Hi teachers, Is it correct the explanation?
  • 'I wonder how Mrs.
  • ' means 'I have the desire to have information about Mrs.
  • Bentley'.
  • Thanks in advance Hi, I would say, '' I wonder what Mrs.
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Thinking SpainHi teachers,

Is it correct the explanation?
'I wonder how Mrs. Bentley is?' means 'I have the desire to have information about Mrs. Bentley'.

Thanks in advance
Hi,

I would say, ''I wonder what Mrs. Bentley is like.''

I am not sure about your sentence. Maybe a native speaker can help you out.
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The original is fine.

Or, I wonder how Mrs. Bentley is doing.

It makes sense if you either know Mrs. Bentley recently had some sort of illness/injury/problem, or you haven't seen her or talked to her in a long time.
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Thank you Grammar Geek. The thing is that the person that says the sentence hasn't seen her for quite some time.[Y]
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Thinking SpainIs it correct the explanation?
'I wonder how Mrs. Bentley is?' means 'I have the desire to have information about Mrs. Bentley'.
wonder is often said in other languages as "I'm asking myself", and I suppose that's wanting information, but we would never say "I have the desire to ...". We might say "I wonder ..." means "I keep thinking
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