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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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"I’ve no idea why don’t you receive my messages."
Is this sentence true?
  

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Anonymous Is this sentence correct ? No. There should not be subject-auxiliary inversion in indirect questions.

— RandomGuy

  • Anonymous Is this sentence correct ?
  • No.
  • There should not be subject-auxiliary inversion in indirect questions.
  • I have no idea [ why you don’t receive my messages ].
  • [indirect question] Why don’t you receive my messages?
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AnonymousIs this sentence correct?
No. There should not be subject-auxiliary inversion in indirect questions.

I have no idea [why you don’t receive my messages]. [indirect question]
Why don’t you receive my messages? [direct question]

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Another possibility, though unlikely, would be I have no idea. Why don’t you receive my messages?
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