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what is the correct usage of, "How true that is?" Is the correct phrase or "How true this is? or How true is that?
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what is the correct usage of, "How true that is?" Is the correct phrase or "How true this is? or How true is that?
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put on hold as off-topic by Lambie, Cascabel, Lawrence, FumbleFingers, choster yesterday
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – Lambie, Cascabel, FumbleFingers
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Sorry we are going to need more work from you for this, can you find examples of the phrases using google, see if you think they are correct. This sounds like you are trying to get us to do your homework.
– WendyG
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Without further context, which is ‘correct’ is a matter of opinion.
– Lawrence
yesterday
@Lawrence: Hmm. How true is that? Even without context, one can reasonably assume that's likely to be either a genuine enquiry regarding the extent to which something just stated is in fact "true", or a somewhat "rhetorical question" suggesting that whatever was said isn't exactly "true" from a broader perspective. And How true that is! isn't a question at all (it's exclamatory / enthusiastic agreement with whatever was just said). Finally, How true this is is normally just a relatively unusual / stylised way of affirming that Everyone knows this is true.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
@FumbleFingers You’d like to know how true this is? Well, the OP was asking about two phrases, as opposed to two sentences or two questions. Between us, we’ve managed to use both phrases idiomatically but not interchangeably (hence the need for context in the question). I have no argument with the content of your comment, though.
– Lawrence
yesterday
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@Lawrence: I assume you're one of the closevoters. I am, and my closevote was for lack of prior research. That's not because I think OP could easily just look it up - I can easily imagine it might be difficult for a nns (which I assume applies to OP). On another day I might have voted to migrate to English Language Learners, and on that site I wouldn't be bothered about asking for more details re context. I'd probably have been more than happy to post a full answer expanding on what I've said here in comments.
– FumbleFingers
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what is the correct usage of, "How true that is?" Is the correct phrase or "How true this is? or How true is that?
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put on hold as off-topic by Lambie, Cascabel, Lawrence, FumbleFingers, choster yesterday
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – Lambie, Cascabel, FumbleFingers
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
put on hold as off-topic by Lambie, Cascabel, Lawrence, FumbleFingers, choster yesterday
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
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Sorry we are going to need more work from you for this, can you find examples of the phrases using google, see if you think they are correct. This sounds like you are trying to get us to do your homework.
– WendyG
yesterday
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Without further context, which is ‘correct’ is a matter of opinion.
– Lawrence
yesterday
@Lawrence: Hmm. How true is that? Even without context, one can reasonably assume that's likely to be either a genuine enquiry regarding the extent to which something just stated is in fact "true", or a somewhat "rhetorical question" suggesting that whatever was said isn't exactly "true" from a broader perspective. And How true that is! isn't a question at all (it's exclamatory / enthusiastic agreement with whatever was just said). Finally, How true this is is normally just a relatively unusual / stylised way of affirming that Everyone knows this is true.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
@FumbleFingers You’d like to know how true this is? Well, the OP was asking about two phrases, as opposed to two sentences or two questions. Between us, we’ve managed to use both phrases idiomatically but not interchangeably (hence the need for context in the question). I have no argument with the content of your comment, though.
– Lawrence
yesterday
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@Lawrence: I assume you're one of the closevoters. I am, and my closevote was for lack of prior research. That's not because I think OP could easily just look it up - I can easily imagine it might be difficult for a nns (which I assume applies to OP). On another day I might have voted to migrate to English Language Learners, and on that site I wouldn't be bothered about asking for more details re context. I'd probably have been more than happy to post a full answer expanding on what I've said here in comments.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
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Sorry we are going to need more work from you for this, can you find examples of the phrases using google, see if you think they are correct. This sounds like you are trying to get us to do your homework.
– WendyG
yesterday
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Without further context, which is ‘correct’ is a matter of opinion.
– Lawrence
yesterday
@Lawrence: Hmm. How true is that? Even without context, one can reasonably assume that's likely to be either a genuine enquiry regarding the extent to which something just stated is in fact "true", or a somewhat "rhetorical question" suggesting that whatever was said isn't exactly "true" from a broader perspective. And How true that is! isn't a question at all (it's exclamatory / enthusiastic agreement with whatever was just said). Finally, How true this is is normally just a relatively unusual / stylised way of affirming that Everyone knows this is true.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
@FumbleFingers You’d like to know how true this is? Well, the OP was asking about two phrases, as opposed to two sentences or two questions. Between us, we’ve managed to use both phrases idiomatically but not interchangeably (hence the need for context in the question). I have no argument with the content of your comment, though.
– Lawrence
yesterday
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@Lawrence: I assume you're one of the closevoters. I am, and my closevote was for lack of prior research. That's not because I think OP could easily just look it up - I can easily imagine it might be difficult for a nns (which I assume applies to OP). On another day I might have voted to migrate to English Language Learners, and on that site I wouldn't be bothered about asking for more details re context. I'd probably have been more than happy to post a full answer expanding on what I've said here in comments.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
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Sorry we are going to need more work from you for this, can you find examples of the phrases using google, see if you think they are correct. This sounds like you are trying to get us to do your homework.
– WendyG
yesterday
Sorry we are going to need more work from you for this, can you find examples of the phrases using google, see if you think they are correct. This sounds like you are trying to get us to do your homework.
– WendyG
yesterday
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Without further context, which is ‘correct’ is a matter of opinion.
– Lawrence
yesterday
Without further context, which is ‘correct’ is a matter of opinion.
– Lawrence
yesterday
@Lawrence: Hmm. How true is that? Even without context, one can reasonably assume that's likely to be either a genuine enquiry regarding the extent to which something just stated is in fact "true", or a somewhat "rhetorical question" suggesting that whatever was said isn't exactly "true" from a broader perspective. And How true that is! isn't a question at all (it's exclamatory / enthusiastic agreement with whatever was just said). Finally, How true this is is normally just a relatively unusual / stylised way of affirming that Everyone knows this is true.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
@Lawrence: Hmm. How true is that? Even without context, one can reasonably assume that's likely to be either a genuine enquiry regarding the extent to which something just stated is in fact "true", or a somewhat "rhetorical question" suggesting that whatever was said isn't exactly "true" from a broader perspective. And How true that is! isn't a question at all (it's exclamatory / enthusiastic agreement with whatever was just said). Finally, How true this is is normally just a relatively unusual / stylised way of affirming that Everyone knows this is true.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
@FumbleFingers You’d like to know how true this is? Well, the OP was asking about two phrases, as opposed to two sentences or two questions. Between us, we’ve managed to use both phrases idiomatically but not interchangeably (hence the need for context in the question). I have no argument with the content of your comment, though.
– Lawrence
yesterday
@FumbleFingers You’d like to know how true this is? Well, the OP was asking about two phrases, as opposed to two sentences or two questions. Between us, we’ve managed to use both phrases idiomatically but not interchangeably (hence the need for context in the question). I have no argument with the content of your comment, though.
– Lawrence
yesterday
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@Lawrence: I assume you're one of the closevoters. I am, and my closevote was for lack of prior research. That's not because I think OP could easily just look it up - I can easily imagine it might be difficult for a nns (which I assume applies to OP). On another day I might have voted to migrate to English Language Learners, and on that site I wouldn't be bothered about asking for more details re context. I'd probably have been more than happy to post a full answer expanding on what I've said here in comments.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
@Lawrence: I assume you're one of the closevoters. I am, and my closevote was for lack of prior research. That's not because I think OP could easily just look it up - I can easily imagine it might be difficult for a nns (which I assume applies to OP). On another day I might have voted to migrate to English Language Learners, and on that site I wouldn't be bothered about asking for more details re context. I'd probably have been more than happy to post a full answer expanding on what I've said here in comments.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
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Sorry we are going to need more work from you for this, can you find examples of the phrases using google, see if you think they are correct. This sounds like you are trying to get us to do your homework.
– WendyG
yesterday
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Without further context, which is ‘correct’ is a matter of opinion.
– Lawrence
yesterday
@Lawrence: Hmm. How true is that? Even without context, one can reasonably assume that's likely to be either a genuine enquiry regarding the extent to which something just stated is in fact "true", or a somewhat "rhetorical question" suggesting that whatever was said isn't exactly "true" from a broader perspective. And How true that is! isn't a question at all (it's exclamatory / enthusiastic agreement with whatever was just said). Finally, How true this is is normally just a relatively unusual / stylised way of affirming that Everyone knows this is true.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday
@FumbleFingers You’d like to know how true this is? Well, the OP was asking about two phrases, as opposed to two sentences or two questions. Between us, we’ve managed to use both phrases idiomatically but not interchangeably (hence the need for context in the question). I have no argument with the content of your comment, though.
– Lawrence
yesterday
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@Lawrence: I assume you're one of the closevoters. I am, and my closevote was for lack of prior research. That's not because I think OP could easily just look it up - I can easily imagine it might be difficult for a nns (which I assume applies to OP). On another day I might have voted to migrate to English Language Learners, and on that site I wouldn't be bothered about asking for more details re context. I'd probably have been more than happy to post a full answer expanding on what I've said here in comments.
– FumbleFingers
yesterday