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#52144 Tue, 26 Oct 04 02:09 PM

Which sentence should be used ... If any? Could you help me, pleae?

1) To determine how effective is the newsletter for raising awareness within the division
2) To determine how effective is the newsletter in raising awareness within the division
3) To determine how effective is the newsletter to raise awareness within the division

Thanks,
Pat

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Mister Micawber

#52175 Tue, 26 Oct 04 03:34 PM

Sorry, Guest, none are quite right: the prepositions are all possible, but the 'is' is misplaced. Here, let me fix them:

1) To determine how effective the newsletter is for raising awareness within the division
2) To determine how effective the newsletter is in raising awareness within the division
3) To determine how effective the newsletter is to raise awareness within the division

And they are not sentences yet: they require something like:

'The committee has met to determine how effective the newsletter is for raising awareness within the division.'

Mister Micawber

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ritinha

#52224 Tue, 26 Oct 04 10:29 PM

Thanks Mister ...
But why does "newsletter" come first? I thought that "how" should be followed by the verb ("is" - in this case).
I´m confused ... I know :( I need help!

ritinha

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Mister Micawber

#52239 Wed, 27 Oct 04 12:35 AM

'The committee has met to determine how effective the newsletter is for raising awareness within the division.'

This is a relative clause, the object of the verb 'determine'; as such, it assumes the normal S-V sentence word order. Or, you can think of it as an indirect question: the 'original' question would have been 'how effective is the newsletter?'

'You don't know how much I've missed you.'
'I have no idea how long I'll live.'