(why) can’t
isn’t there
wish that
if only
Structure
- Verb[potential[ない]] + もの + (だろう/でしょうか) + か
Hi~ I’m a bit confused about the SKM N1 Bunpou resource that is being referred to on this grammar point. It says page 117, but I can’t find anything that resembles もの(だろう)か on this page.
Am I blind or could there be other versions of this book that I’m not aware of? (I think it’s worth noting that this page doesn’t look like most of the other pages that explains grammar structures which has been referenced by BunPro.)
It’s actually in the N2 grammar book on page 117 as ないもの(だろう)か.
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Thanks, nekoyama! You’re right, it was in the N2 book all along, haha.
@Jake Hi, could you be so kind and update the resource info for us, please? 
Why isn’t ものか accepted here? I believe it’s been an accepted answer on all the previous questions I’ve done on this grammar point, and the grammar page doesn’t have an explanation of when だろう should or should not be included.
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Hi there, and thanks for getting in touch! There is real no reason why either ものか or ものでしょうか wouldn’t be accepted here, so I have added them both as alternative answers. In general, as this is just an interchangeable set phrase, pretty much any version would be acceptable in most cases. I would lean more toward using ものでしょうか if the surrounding sentence structure was polite, but that is about the only exception.
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Got it, thanks!
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