[JLPT grammar] 〜かどうか is not used with a question word.

Today I am going to share the homework correction quoted from my JLPT N3 course!
The student’s sentence is not correct. Can you find the mistake?

 

[Student’s sentence]

その料理がどのくらい辛いかどうかわかりません。

*そのりょうりがどのくらいからいかどうかわかりません。

 



 

[My correction]

その料理がどのくらい辛いかどうかわかりません。
→その料理がどのくらい辛いかわかりません。
I don’t know how spicy that dish is.

 

〜かどうか is not used with [question word+か].
Your sentence has どのくらい(question word), so 〜かどうか is not used.

◎その料理が辛いかどうかわかりません。
(no question word)

◎その料理がどのくらい辛いかわかりません。
(question word=どのくらい)

×その料理がどのくらい辛いかどうかわかりません。
(question word=どのくらい)

 

I hope my explanation helps you. 😊

 

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