Re: Wrong? Poor style? OK?

Subject: Re: Wrong? Poor style? OK?
From: Nancy Allison <maker -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: Caroline Tabach <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:43:15 -0500 (CDT)

The use of question words as parts of sentences is not in itself a
problem . . . since questions are sentences (interrogative sentences)
and question words are indeed used in them!

However, the use of a clause introduced by "how" as a direct object is
what my editor objects to, no doubt about that!


On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Caroline Tabach wrote:


> Many people do not like to use question words as parts of sentences,
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