What did you lie about/ what was it that you ie about?
S scott833 Senior Member Joined Apr 17, 2009 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Malay Home Country Malaysia Current Location Malaysia Jun 16, 2010 #1 What did you lie about/ what was it that you ie about?
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Jun 16, 2010 #2 scott833 said: What did you lie about? What was it that you lied about? Click to expand... Better in what respect? They are both grammatically correct sentences. I would use the first, but only because they mean the same thing and the first uses fewer words!
scott833 said: What did you lie about? What was it that you lied about? Click to expand... Better in what respect? They are both grammatically correct sentences. I would use the first, but only because they mean the same thing and the first uses fewer words!
euncu Senior Member Joined Aug 22, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language Turkish Home Country Turkey Current Location Turkey Jun 16, 2010 #3 emsr2d2, isn't it better to ask the second one as; What was that (that) you lied about? And what do you think about the version with the noun form? ; What was that lie about ?
emsr2d2, isn't it better to ask the second one as; What was that (that) you lied about? And what do you think about the version with the noun form? ; What was that lie about ?