Identify the grammatical problem with this sentence.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

"It cannot be stressed enough how important is good personal hygiene."

I think the author wanted to avoid ending a sentence with "is" and ended up worse for it.

[crim son]

1. That's the way I'd write it,

though I'm not denying there's a problem with it. What's the problem? :)

[no name no slogan]

4. I no see problem. Where is problem?

:shrug:

[supernova]

2. I would write it this way:

The importance of good hygiene cannot be stressed enough.

[mitchum]

7. Yes

[fizzgig]

9. yup

[Deep13]

3. passive voice?

[hunter]

5. It sounds like the employee handbook of a fast food place.

When I was working fast food (a long time ago...) nobody told me what to do when a mentally ill street person smears poop all over the men's bathroom, including the mirrors.

Apparently you lock the door, tell people the men's bathroom is broken, and leave it for the Guatemalan women who scrub the place down in the early A.M.

[Doc_Technical]

6. Or you could write it this way.

"It cannot be stressed enough the importance of good personal hygiene."

[JSK]

15. You're not serious, I hope. n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. "Wash your damned hands after you use the toilet."

That should do it.

[Dogtown]

10. The importance of good hygiene

can not be stressed enough.

The author is trying way too hard.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. Good personal hygiene is very important and cannot be stressed enough.

whatever.

[triguy46]

12. this is why diagramming needs to return to the curriculum.

[insanity]

13. yup

The importance of good personal hygiene cannot be stressed enough.

Or a simpler

Good personal hygiene cannot be overstressed.

[SKKY]

14. I would write it like this...

...The importance of good personal hygiene cannot be stressed enough.

[JSK]

16. It you want to keep it in the passive voice

It cannot be stressed enough just how important it is to maintain good personal hygiene.