English grammar: What about your company?

Hello, Teachers,
Please explain the followings:

  1. What about your company?
    Where is the verb for this question -1 ?
  2. Which day comes after Saturday?
    We can say the question-2 informally.
    How it should be written formally with right grammar ?
  3. After Wednesday comes Thursday.
    Which is the subject for this sentence-3?
  4. Bye for now.
    We say the sentence-4 informally.
    How it could be written as a full sentence grammatically?
  5. The first thing I do is switch on the radio.
  6. The first thing I do is switching on the radio.
    Are these sentences - 5 & 6 correct?
    Is the word - switch used as what - verb or noun?
  7. What is your area famous for?
  8. For what is your area famous?
    Are question - 7 and 8 correct?
    Do they mean the same meaning?
    Thanks for help,
    Yours,
    Er.S.M.M.Hanifa.

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  1. What about your company?
    Where is the verb for this question -1 ?-- It is implied in the context.

  2. Which day comes after Saturday?-- This is fine in any register.

  3. After Wednesday comes Thursday.
    Which is the subject for this sentence-3?-- Thursday

  4. Bye for now.
    We say the sentence-4 informally.
    How it could be written as a full sentence grammatically?-- Goodbye for now.

  5. The first thing I do is switch on the radio.

  6. The first thing I do is switching on the radio.
    Are these sentences - 5 & 6 correct?-- #5 is correct
    Is the word - switch used as what - verb or noun? It is an infinitive verb

  7. What is your area famous for?

  8. For what is your area famous?
    Are question - 7 and 8 correct?-- Yes; #8 is very formal.
    Do they mean the same meaning?-- Yes
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Mister Micawber,
Thanks for your prompt reply.
For question No. 1, you have answered the verb is implied in the context.
Can I put the question No.1 as below ?
What is about your company?
Can the following sentence No.5 be written as below ?
The first thing I do is to switch on the radio.
Are the following two statements correct and meaning the same ?
Are you in the same situation as Mr. John?
Are you in the same situation like Mr. John?
Are the two statements stated below correct? If not why?
He seems to be in a hurry today.
He seems to be in hurry today.

  1. What is your appetite like?
  2. Do you feel a good appetite or not?
    Are the above two sentence are correct and meaning the same?
    Thanks,
    Yours,
    Er.S.M.M.Hanifa

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Can I put the question No.1 as below ?
What is about your company? – No

Can the following sentence No.5 be written as below ?
The first thing I do is to switch on the radio.-- Yes

Are the following two statements correct and meaning the same ?
Are you in the same situation as Mr. John?– OK
Are you in the same situation like Mr. John? Not good grammar

Are the two statements stated below correct? If not why?
He seems to be in a hurry today.– OK
He seems to be in hurry today.– Wrong

  1. What is your appetite like?– OK
  2. Do you feel a good appetite or not?– Wrong
    Are the above two sentence are correct and meaning the same?
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Respected Mister Micawber,
Many thanks for your prompt reply.
I will be more grateful if you could help me by explaining the grammar involved.
What is the implied verb for the question No. 1?
Why saying “in hurry” is wrong?
Is “He is in no hurry.” not right?
Why the article “a” is required here?
What is the answer for the question - “What is your appetite like?”.
How you brand “Do you feel a good appetite or not?” is wrong?
If it is wrong, how should I ask this question?
Thanks a lot,
Yours,
Er.S.M.M.Hanifa

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What is the implied verb for the question No. 1?– I have no idea until I see the context.

Why saying “in hurry” is wrong?-- 'hurry’ is a countable noun

What is the answer for the question - “What is your appetite like?”– ‘I’m a little hungry.’

How you brand “Do you feel a good appetite or not?” is wrong?-- ‘feel’ and ‘appetite’ don’t collocate well.

If it is wrong, how should I ask this question?– ‘How’s your appetite?’
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Mister Micawber,
Thanks for your kind reply.

  1. He looked at me in hurry.
  2. He looked at me in horror.
    Are the above sentences correct?
    If correct, are not “hurry” & “horror” used as countable nouns?
    If not used as countable nouns, then what is the grammar involved for it?
    Thanks,
    Yours,
    Er.S.M.M.Hanifa

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  1. He looked at me in hurry.– No.
  2. He looked at me in horror. – Yes.

1a. CORRECT: He looked at me in a hurry.

Hurry is countable; horror is not.
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Respected Mister Micawber,
Thanks for your reply.
1.
Where can I refer to know that words like hurry or horror
are countable or not countable nouns?
Please guide me.
2.
a. He looks like his father.
b. He takes after his father.
Do the above sentences mean, “He resembles his father.”?
3.
For the following question, the answer must be “He is looking like his father”.
To ask question to get this answer, can I use the following questions:
i. How is he looking like?
ii. Like whom is he looking like?
iii. Is he looking like whom?
Are these questions are grammatically correct ?
4.
4a. Who is like to God?
4b. Who is like God?
What are the meanings for the questions 4a and 4b ?
5.
Is the following sentence correct?
What likens between apple and orange is their round shape and not their taste.

Thanks,
Yours truly,
Er.S.M.M.Hanifa

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1.
Where can I refer to know that words like hurry or horror
are countable or not countable nouns?– Many dictionaries do not list them, but THIS CAMBRIDGE ONLINE DICTIONARY usually does.

2.Do the above sentences mean, “He resembles his father.”?– Yes

For the following question, the answer must be “He looks like his father”.
Are these questions are grammatically correct ?-- No. Use ‘Who does he look like?’.

4a. Who is like to God?– Wrong, though it may appear in the Bible (c. 1600) as such.
4b. Who is like God?– Right
What are the meanings for the questions 4a and 4b ?-- Who resembles God?

Is the following sentence correct?-- No. Use this:
The similarity between apples and oranges is their round shape and not their taste.
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Respected Mister Micawber,
Thanks for your reply.

  1. I can refer the Cambridge - dictionary. Thanks.
    But, is there any web-site giving a summary of countable nouns
    for the most used words like hurry, horror, etc.?

i. How is he looking like?
ii. Like whom is he looking?
iii. Is he looking like whom?
What are the meanings for the above?
3.
You told
“What likens between apple and orange is their round shape and not their taste.”
is wrong. Then please give me an example using the word - liken.
4.
“What about your company?” is now changed with its proper context below.
a. What about your company’s financial status?
Please re-shape the question using the implied verb.
Thanks.
Yours truly,
Er.S.M.M.Hanifa

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  1. But, is there any web-site giving a summary of countable nouns
    for the most used words like hurry, horror, etc.?– Not to my knowledge. Keep in mind that most concrete nouns are countable, and that many non-count nouns can also function as countable nouns. The members of these categories are too numerous-- or too fluid-- to list, I think.

i. How is he looking like?
ii. Like whom is he looking?
iii. Is he looking like whom?
What are the meanings for the above?– No meanings in normal English

Then please give me an example using the word - liken.– Not a word in much use any more. Be careful of bilingual dictionaries and old ESL textbooks that still feature little-used grammar and vocabulary. A concordance to the Brown corpus lists no entries at all for ‘liken’ or ‘likens’, but these three for ‘likened’:

001. could not recall any place he had visited to be LIKENED to the limpid green water or the little
002. pineapple and another fruit whose taste she LIKENED to that of “a rich pear”. Though she did
003. terrible example". Its costive deliberations were LIKENED to those of the British courts of chancery.

“What about your company?” is now changed with its proper context below.
a. What about your company’s financial status?
Please re-shape the question using the implied verb.- I probably misled you, as I now see that an implied verb can be extrapolated from the simpler sentence:

What is the (case of / condition in /situation with) your company?
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Respected Mister Micawber,
Thanks for your reply.
Can I write ‘What about your company’s financial status?’ as
‘What is about your company’s financial status?’.
Is it grammatically correct?
Thanks a lot,
Yours,
Er.S.M.M.Hanifa

Hi Hanifasmm

You can use ‘What about your company’s financial status?’ as a type of follow-up question – e.g. when you have already asked one or more other questions about the company.

It is not correct or natural to add the word “is” to that question.
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Madam Yankee,
Thanks for your reply.
Using words ‘Like’ and ‘Whom’ together, please give me some useful examples.
Thanks,
Yours truly,
Er.S.M.M.Hanifa.

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To ask a question with “like” or “look like”, for example, these would be quite typical and natural:

  • Who does she like?
  • Who does he look like?

In theory, you can also say “Whom does she like?” or “Whom does he look like?” However, using “whom” that way (i.e. at the beginning of a question) often sounds overly formal and stilted.
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