Hi all of you,
What is the sense of the phrase ‘as to’?
The second question is just a simple inquiry as to the person she married.
Regarding, pertaining to, or about the person she is married. Not a phrase often, but does show up more in formal conversations
= “about” but more formal
Dooo is right. Not too formal to use in everyday speech, but usually said very lightly, something like ‘azte’ in two syllables, with the accent on the first syllable.
The original sentence is not in context here, but the ‘enquiry’ seems to be simply asking who he is, in other words, what his name is. It would be good to put a link to the original lesson. You can do this by going to the ‘ask your tutor’ button on the lesson.
Thank you all very much indeed,
@eevee, Regarding, pertaining to, or about the person she is married. Not a phrase often, but does show up more in formal conversations
I really know that it is not a phrase; however, because I didn’t find any name to call it with. I have said to me, I will try to call it ‘a phase’. And then, I will know the term it is called with.
@rae68, ‘The original sentence is not in context here, but the ‘enquiry’ seems to be simply asking who he is, in other words, what his name is. It would be good to put a link to the original lesson. You can do this by going to the ‘ask your tutor’ button on the lesson.’
Thanks for your reply,
I know the context is not here, but this sentence was in someone’s explanation when I asked him what difference there is between these two questions: “She married whom?” and "whom did she marry?
you were fine using the word “phrase”. It was my typing that missed a word and changed my intention
So, ‘as to’ also has the same meaning here
I am not sure why you would want to do that. The yield in meaning is so subtle as to be negligible, yet the cost in complexity is quite high.