My question is related to US English.
Someone said I was wondering “why the phone hasn’t rang?”
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I raised a question that it should be ‘rung’ because the 3rd form of ring is rung not rang.
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Secondly, the sentence structure was also wrong it should be like this:
“Why hasn’t the phone rung?”
but the surprising fact is when I searched in Google both the sentence with quotes:
“why the phone hasn’t rang” : I got 10,700 results that means these many times people used it
“why hasn’t the phone rang” : I got 5,440 results that means less people used it.
Now does it mean people use less correct sentence structure or this form : “why the phone hasn’t rang” is more popular in the world?
Please advise.
- Please tell me is it right phrase to say:
This is how they work is half the battle.
Google doesn’t provide examples of good English, only examples of English in use.
How they work is half the battle. (No ‘this is’)
Thank you
You didn’t tell which one is correct:
“Why hasn’t the phone rung?”
“Why the phone hasn’t rang?”
- Can I write in this way:
It works half the battle.
“Why hasn’t the phone rung?” (Correct)
“Why the phone hasn’t rang?” (Incorrect)
‘She wants to know why the phone hasn’t rung’ is possible. (An embedded question)
Realizing that this is how most guys are working the battle… (incomplete sentence, though. Again, the phrase ‘to work the battle’ does not look natural)
I think your logic is acceptable: Why didn’t He call me?
No, and the response above seems completely unrelated to your question. It certainly doesn’t make a lot of sense.
How it works is half the battle
is possible, or
It works, which is half the battle.