2017년 2월 23일 목요일

Dic/ how, as a simple conjunction for evoking a special fact


▷ You use how after certain adjectives and verbs to introduce a statement or fact, often something that you remember or expect other people to know about.

  • It's amazing how people collect so much stuff over the years.
  • It's important to become acutely aware of how your eating ties in with your stress level.
▷ Used after certain adjectives or verbs to refer to an event or situation
  • It's amazing how they've managed to get everything finished so quickly.
  • I remember how she always used to have fresh flowers in the house.
▷ Used for introducing a fact used for referring to a particular fact that you want to mention
  • I remember how they used to have those huge roaring fires in the winter.
  • Isn't strange how no one ever mentions his name nowadays?
▷ that
  • She told us how she had to work hard.
  •  He knows how you are a valued employee.
  • It's amazing how they completed the bridge so quickly.
... COBUILD, LDOCE, Macmillan, Merriam-Webster

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