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Place of a verb in a question form

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Pooya

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Hello!

Please, take a look at the place of can be below. Which one is gramaticall? What about using of Patience or illness?

1) How effective can pill AA be for Janes's patience?
2) How effective pill AA can be for Janes's illness?

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bhaisahab

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Hello!

Please, take a look at the place of can be below. Which one is gramaticall? What about using of Patience or illness?

1) How effective can pill AA be for Janes's patience?
2) How effective pill AA can be for Janes's illness?

Thanks for your time!

#2 is not grammatical.
 

emsr2d2

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Hello!

Please, take a look at the place of can be below. Which one is gramaticall? What about using of Patience or illness?

1) How effective can pill AA be for Janes's patience?
2) How effective pill AA can be for Janes's illness?

Thanks for your time!

In my opinion, neither is grammatical. In #1, I don't understand how someone can take a pill for their "patience" and in #2, the word order is wrong.
 

Pooya

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Therefor, "How effective can pill AA be for Jane's illness?" is grammatical, isn't it?
 

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