How + clause (exclamation)

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

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