How + clause (exclamation) – English Grammar Profiler

An exclamative sentence can start with the intensifier ‘How‘ which is ‘fronted’ without inversion.  For example:

How I wish I could do that.

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C2 point 128 CLAUSES phrases/exclamations is defined as:

HOW + CLAUSE

*Note, How + cleft clause is also C2.  

This is another hard to research structure in iWeb because of the variable length of clauses.

1 . HOW IT WORKS 992 (cleft)
2 . HOW YOU DO 690

3 . HOW I WISH 673

 How I wish I had had this recommendation a week before! How I wish I had access to this… How I wish that I could! How I wish Obama would be GONE! How I wish I had come across this Amia chair before! How I wish it could be so simple … How I wish there were canals and the remnants of ancient… How I wish it were so! How I wish I was the winner! How I wish there were an answer to the pain this… How I wish I could package them in a bubble sometimes! How I wish she would just dye her hair a nice medium brown! How I wish I had it now! How I wish I had this knowledge when I… How I wish that Fastcase for the iPhone had been How I wish I could make Him happy! How I wish that all mathematics… How I wish I had been there with you! How I wish I had some ice cream to go with it! How I wish I had known…. How I wish to go back ASAP! How I wish there were more! How I wish I had known… How I wish the blaze were ignited! How I wish it was easy to do that! How I wish TCM were showing this… How I wish he would simply disappear! How I wish they would stay! How I wish I was creative instead of stressed….. How I wish I had grabbed one of those!

How I wish I lived in that….

4 . HOW YOU CAN 537 5 . HOW IT IS 455 6 . HOW WE USE 382 7 . HOW YOU USE 344 8 . HOW YOU CHOOSE 343 9 . HOW THEY ARE 321 10 . HOW YOU HANDLE 290 11 . HOW YOU GET 266 12 . HOW WE CAN 264 13 . HOW YOU FEEL 256 14 . HOW I CAN 234 15 . HOW YOU DOING 205 16 . HOW ANYONE CAN 191 17 . HOW IT WILL 189 18 . HOW IT WAS 186 19 . HOW WE DO 183 20 . HOW YOU DEAL 181 21 . HOW THEY CAN 180 22 . HOW I WOULD 178 23 . HOW I GOT 172 24 . HOW YOU TREAT 165 25 . HOW YOU RESPOND 164 26 . HOW IT ‘S 164 27 . HOW THEY DO 162 28 . HOW I LOVE 159 29 . HOW YOU MANAGE 155 30 . HOW YOU GO 154 31 . HOW YOU ARE 148 32 . HOW THEY GOT 141 33 . HOW YOU ASK 140 34 . HOW HE WAS 138 35 . HOW IT GOT 131 36 . HOW THEY WERE 131 37 . HOW YOU WILL 129 38 . HOW HE GOT 128 39 . HOW WE RESPOND 126 40 . HOW YOU REACT 123 41 . HOW WE ARE 123 42 . HOW I DO 119 43 . HOW IT CAN 118 44 . HOW WE DEAL 112 45 . HOW HE DID 112 46 . HOW WE TREAT 111 47 . HOW WE HANDLE 110 48 . HOW ANYONE COULD 109 49 . HOW WE GET 109 50 . HOW YOU WANT 103 51 . HOW THEY WORK 102 52 . HOW I DID 102 53 . HOW YOU APPROACH 101 54 . HOW I MISS 101 55 . HOW IT WOULD 101 56 . HOW WE CHOOSE 97 57 . HOW YOU DECIDE 97 58 . HOW YOU SPEND 96 59 . HOW I WAS 96 60 . HOW THEY WILL 95 61 . HOW YOU PRESENT 94 62 . HOW THEY DID 94 63 . HOW IT DOES 94 64 . HOW IT CAME 91 65 . HOW YOU THINK 91 66 . HOW YOU WOULD 88

67 . HOW I HAVE 88