some grammer questions
I'm studying for an English test and met two questions about grammer that I don't understand the correct answer.
①_____ it seems there is a discrepancy between your expectations and his behavior.
A. whatever be the reason
B. whatever reason is
The correct answer is A and it's an inversion. But why is B wrong? If I want to use the B-like sentence type, what should I say?
②There had been windows on the westerly side of the school, but they appeared to have been built up for a long time _____ of the workmanship on the outside.
A. estimated in the outlook
B. judging from the appearance
I know that A seems strange and B is more proper at first glance. But the subject of the sentence is "the windows", and the subject of "judging" is people, according to answer B, the subject and the predicate are not consistent.
PLEASE help me. I'm so helpless. Thank you very much!!!
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1: B is wrong because there is no article. You could say "Whatever the reason is"
Note, that in both of these, there should be a comma after the blank.
2: You're right. a doesn't make any sense, so it is definitely wrong. b is reasonably correct.
Sorry, I've never studied English grammar, so I can't say why.
A is wrong because 'estimated' is used wrongly, 'outlook' is the wrong word, and the grammar is wrong as well.
Note also - you have used an 'e' in grammar, instead of two a's.
You also don't usually use 'meet' with 'question' in modern English - it would be more natural to say 'found' or 'came across'.
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