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"...we’re all curious as to how this desktop will look like..." Is this an Americanism? My brain can't read this properly.
by Underphil 5y ago
"...we’re all curious as to how this desktop will look like..."
Is this an Americanism? My brain can't read this properly.
- innocentoldguy 5y agoNo. It is a grammar error. I think they got that sentence mixed up with the one after it, which happens during editing sometimes.
- Karsteski 5y agoReads perfectly fine to me. Probably depends on the dialect(s) of English you're familiar with
- noahtallen 5y agoIt’s a combination of “curious what this desktop will look like” and “curious as to how this desktop will look.” (Which could be simplified to “curious how this desktop will look.”) I’m not sure if it’s an Americanism as much as poor phrasing :)
- junon 5y agoThe "like" here is strange, and I'd argue erroneous; remove it. Then the "as to", while correct, isn't an obvious construction. It's often paired with "curious" to help transition the sentence a bit, but it's wordy and unnecessary here. For the sake of reading, ignore it. Then it becomes: > we're all curious how this desktop will look The original text is probably written by someone who doesn't do a lot of writing, as it reads how someone might talk. I'm no expert by any means but I'm moderately aware of my own struggle with this exact problem, enough to see it in others' writing.
- topspin 5y agoThere is a english.stackexchange.com question on this: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55672/is-it-what-it-looks-like-or-how-it-looks-like https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/55672/is-it-what...