How can I know?
2006-08-16 05:35:50 · 15 answers · asked by donotmisstony 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Grammatically it is correct, although you wouldn't hear an English person say that. Instead, they would say "How SHOULD I know?" This kind of sentence would be given as a reply to a question such as "Is he going to be at the party on Saturday?" when you have no way of knowing the answer.
Or if more information was to be added, they would say "How could I have known that he was going to be at the party?" But note, this is always said in the past tense.
2006-08-16 11:24:23 · answer #1 · answered by manorris3265 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't seem to be incorrect, but I can't think of a context in which that would be a meaningful sentence by itself.
How could I know?
How can I find out?
How can I get to know?
How do we as humans achieve consciousness?
Does this help any? How would I know?
2006-08-16 06:32:13 · answer #2 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The subject is "sentence", the action: "Is", so "sentence is", "this" is a adjective, describes sentence, and "correct" is the direct object... so its the question form of "this sentence is correct".
Lol im bored...
2006-08-16 05:56:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically a noun and a verb make up a sentence. If you have both you have a sentence. Of course, you need to use proper punctuation, which you seem to have done. :)
2006-08-16 05:43:52 · answer #4 · answered by Lucy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-08-16 05:44:54 · answer #5 · answered by riaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is correct.
2006-08-16 05:52:24 · answer #6 · answered by Twynnone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it think it should be "how would i know?" or "how could i know" That sounds a little bit more grammatically correct
2006-08-16 05:42:59 · answer #7 · answered by purplegeko 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Looks fine to me.
2006-08-16 05:40:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is incorrect. It should read "how could I know" or "how would I know".
2006-08-16 06:04:59 · answer #9 · answered by keepingitreal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't understnd what you're asking?
2006-08-16 05:40:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋