油がどこに流れていくかも調べています

[letslearn]

Hi guys,
Is this かも the same one that is used in かもしれない。 as in probably?

油がどこに流れていくかも調べています

Investigating where the oil will probably flow to.

よろしくお願いします

 

[nekojita]

「油がどこに流れていくか」も調べています

It is the same as かも知れない but it doesn't take the same meaning ("probably" comes from the 知れない part, really). Although I suppose in some cases you could have an embedded sentence ending in かも (as a short form of かも知れない) but it can't be that かも here.

 

[Elizabeth]

Hi guys,
Is this かも the same one that is used in かもしれない。 as in probably?
油がどこに流れていくかも調べています
Investigating where the oil will probably flow to.
よろしくお願いします

も I think in this case, like かも分からなくて、調べている、 serves to emphasize the unpredictability or uncertainties of the flow that could cause actual results to differ from the projected models.

 

[Toritoribe]

Nekojita-san parsed it correctly. も means "too/also" there. They are investigating something that must be mentioned previously, and the direction of the oil flow, too.

 

[Elizabeth]

That is my screw up. :sorry: I honestly didn't see the initial answer and was in any case using it to indicate a contrasting situation 油がどこに流れていくかも(わからないので) by which {も]は強調と思います。なくても良いですね。