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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: care that clause |
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1.In an age when people don't care that our environment is in a great deal of danger, this is a question that must be asked.
2.In an age when people don't care how our environment is in a great deal of danger, this is a question that must be asked. |
I saw #1 in a book. But I think that #2 is correct and #1 is incorrect because the verb, 'care', is supposed to be followed by 'wh-clause' not by 'that-clause' grammatically. I wonder if I'm right. Can you teach me?
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myprofe
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
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Location: Madrid, Spain - Native Boston, USA
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:32 am Post subject: They don't care. |
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I would say:
People don't care that our environment is in a great deal of danger.
People don't care about the environment.
People don't care about the fact that our environment is in a great deal of danger.
People don't care what condition our environment is in.
People don't care what the condition of our environment is.
People don't care how bad the condition of our environment is.
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