[Grammar] I wonder that/if it is grammatical.

[wotcha]

1. I wonder if he is alright.

2. I wonder that he is alright.


I want to know 2 is also grammatical.

 

[5jj]

1. I wonder if he is alright.

2. I wonder that he is alright.

I want to know 2 is also grammatical.

Both are all right (my preferred spelling), though they mean something different. In #1, the speaker does not know whether 'he' is all right. In #2, the speaker knows that 'he' is all right, and is expressing surprise at this, in a rather old-fashioned way.

 

[BobK]

:up: (But the second interpretation is less likely in the case mentioned in the title. 'I wonder that it's grammatical' could be said of a student whose grammar is usually wrong, who suddenly says something grammatical! ;-))

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