: Is this sentence grammatically correct? The sentence is "How calculating are you?". I am simply wondering if under standard conventions of the English language, that this sentence ought to be

The sentence is "How calculating are you?". I am simply wondering if under standard conventions of the English language, that this sentence ought to be perceived as being correct.

Load Full (2)

: Want to publish unpublished work found in an auction storage unit I started buying storage auctions in the middle of this year. In the third one I bought I ran across an unpublished manuscript

@Phylliss352

Load Full 3 Comments

: Is writing about your childhood in creative writing/fiction class necessary? I have the same teacher for both a Journaling autobiographical class and a fictional writing class. While I expected

@Phylliss352

Load Full 5 Comments

: What are these parallel blocks of text called? What are these boxes of text called that interrupt the flow of text with some aside type comment? source They're usually related to the main

@Phylliss352

Load Full 1 Comments

: Writing a supernatural book with characters who have supernatural powers that have already been explored in other works? I am in the process of writing a book with many of the characters discovering

@Phylliss352

Load Full 2 Comments

Login to post a comment!

2 Comments

Sorted by latest first Latest Oldest Best

@Courtney562

It looks odd because the present participle of the verb "to calculate" is "calculating". The sentence works when it's being used as an adjective meaning "canny", "devious" or "shrewd".

As with much English ambiguity, there's opportunity for humour. If one character was working through some mathematics and said "I am calculating", the response "How calculating are you?" would be a joke.

Load Full (0)

@BetL639

This sentence is correct. In may not be considered formal English but it is Standard English.

Load Full (0)

Feed

: Is this sentence grammatically correct? The sentence is "How calculating are you?". I am simply wondering if under standard conventions of the English language, that this sentence ought to be

More posts by @Phylliss352

: Want to publish unpublished work found in an auction storage unit I started buying storage auctions in the middle of this year. In the third one I bought I ran across an unpublished manuscript

: Is writing about your childhood in creative writing/fiction class necessary? I have the same teacher for both a Journaling autobiographical class and a fictional writing class. While I expected

: What are these parallel blocks of text called? What are these boxes of text called that interrupt the flow of text with some aside type comment? source They're usually related to the main

: Writing a supernatural book with characters who have supernatural powers that have already been explored in other works? I am in the process of writing a book with many of the characters discovering

Login to post a comment!

2 Comments

Back to top