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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Writing style: comma or semicolon
(10a) When will you take out that trash?
1. Sentence (10a) is a wh-question and presupposes the truth of the proposition it expresses, 'You will take out that trash.'
2. Sentence (10a) is a wh-question and presupposes the truth of the proposition: 'You will take out that trash', it expresses.
3. Sentence (10a) is a wh-question and presupposes the truth of the proposition, 'You will take out that trash', it expresses.
I found the sentence #1 in my book.
Q) Can I change the structure like #2 and #3?(can they be considered as other ways to express the same idea?)
1. Sentence (10a) is a wh-question and presupposes the truth of the proposition it expresses, 'You will take out that trash.'
2. Sentence (10a) is a wh-question and presupposes the truth of the proposition: 'You will take out that trash', it expresses.
3. Sentence (10a) is a wh-question and presupposes the truth of the proposition, 'You will take out that trash', it expresses.
I found the sentence #1 in my book.
Q) Can I change the structure like #2 and #3?(can they be considered as other ways to express the same idea?)
Top answer
No, #2 and #3 are poorly structured.
- No, #2 and #3 are poorly structured.
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1. Sentence (10a) is a wh-question and presupposes the truth of the proposition it expresses, 'You will take out that trash.'
I don't know what 'it' refers to.
Do you know what 'it' refers to in this sentence?
I don't know what 'it' refers to.
Do you know what 'it' refers to in this sentence?
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'It' is the question. The question expresses (though perhaps 'express' is not a good word choice; 'implies' would be more correct) the truth of the proposition 'You will take out the trash'.
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