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Their decision will depend on how good is your offer.
Their decision will depend on how good your offer is. Please let me know how much is the postage.
Please let me know how much the postage. In a subordinate clause, the subject and verb do NOT change places. Compare: ‘How much did she pay for it?’ ‘Do you know how much she paid for it?’ 4
I must tell you how I was pleased to receive a letter from you.
I must tell you how pleased I was to receive a letter from you. I keep telling myself how I am lucky to have such wonderful children.
I keep telling myself how lucky I am to have such wonderful children. how + adjective/adverb + subject + verb: ‘I can’t describe how sad I felt.’ ‘How clumsy you are!’ ‘I was amazed at how fast she was driving.’ 5
We all know how terrible disease AIDS is.
We all know what a terrible disease AlDS is. What + noun phrase (NOT how ): ‘I’ve been told what a fine chess player you are.’ ‘What a stupid thing to say!’ how do you do Dear Mary... Hi! How do you do?
Dear Mary... Hi! How are you? How do you do ? is used in spoken English as a polite way of greeting a stranger or someone you do not know very well. It is not used in written English. How are you ? is used in spoken and written English as an informal greeting. how much I realized how much different everybody’s personality is.
I realized how different everybody’s personality is. I just can’t tell you how much I’m sorry.
I just can’t tell you how sorry I am. how + adjective/adverb (WITHOUT
