Moon7296 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
How should I say this?
For example, there is a family.
A 15 year old boy died of the car accident.
His mom was so terrified and shocked.
Some years passed.
Some people still remember it and they suddenly talked about her son and her.
One of them say "How hard she was?" <= Is it OK? this can be a rhetorical question or this is said becasue the speaker wants to hear the same feeling from the listeners.
In a nutshell, the speaker said it as a empathy(the mom of the dead son).
I don't know if made a point. I just want to know if the expression underlined makes sense considering the example story.
A 15 year old boy died of the car accident.
His mom was so terrified and shocked.
Some years passed.
Some people still remember it and they suddenly talked about her son and her.
One of them say "How hard she was?" <= Is it OK? this can be a rhetorical question or this is said becasue the speaker wants to hear the same feeling from the listeners.
In a nutshell, the speaker said it as a empathy(the mom of the dead son).
I don't know if made a point. I just want to know if the expression underlined makes sense considering the example story.
Top answer
Hi Moon: This is a more appropriate question: How hard was it for her? The sympathetic statement is: It must have been very hard for her. The experience was difficult (hard) for her to cope with.
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Hi Moon:
This is a more appropriate question:
How hard was it for her?
The sympathetic statement is: It must have been very hard for her.
The experience was difficult (hard) for her to cope with.
This is a more appropriate question:
How hard was it for her?
The sympathetic statement is: It must have been very hard for her.
The experience was difficult (hard) for her to cope with.
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