Timeline for Is "we know how expensive we are" an embedded question? [duplicate]
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| Dec 28, 2023 at 16:51 | history | edited | Araucaria - Him | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 28, 2023 at 16:50 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | For the record this is a duplicate of We know how expensive we are and not the other question that this has been linked to!!! The other question has nothing to do with exclamatives at all. | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 16:49 | history | closed |
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Duplicate of Indirect questions: Can you explain how you will or how will you?, We know how expensive we are | |
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| Dec 28, 2023 at 15:10 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Wikipedia would call this an interrogative content clause; it gives the example 'I can't guess how he managed it.' [ICC italicised] It also says that another term used here is 'indirect question': expanding, the direct question appears: 'we know the answer to the question 'How expensive are you/we?' // This has been covered many times before on ELU. | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 14:53 | comment | added | Yosef Baskin | Here, "how" defines a degree of cost. Assuming that how defines a question is like thinking the word question forms a question. I don't know how, why, or when they would necessarily form a question. | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 14:50 | history | edited | Tinfoil Hat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 28, 2023 at 12:20 | comment | added | Ellie K | Wouldn't that quote you added be "You may complain about our high prices, but unlike a certain competitor, we have informed you that the increase would be 15%, so at least YOU know how expensive we are." Also, it is unclear to me what question you are asking. "We are aware of our high cost." seems like a statement not a question. | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 12:02 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | "How expensive we are" is not a question - that would be "How expensive are we?" | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 11:35 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I don't understand. What specifically is the text element that's confusing you? And what exactly is the question you're asking about it? | |
| Dec 28, 2023 at 10:47 | history | edited | KillingTime | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Dec 28, 2023 at 10:45 | history | asked | Zaib Malik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |