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Rex Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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0Unlike Mr Abramovich, most of them live in Moscow, which, if I'm not much mistaken, makes the Russian capital home to more billionaires than any other city in the world. 02br
00It is quite a change for a place that 15 years ago had no millionaires, let alone billionaires. 02br
00How exactly these people have got hold of such vast wealth in such a short time is a very good question, and one many ordinary Russians would like answered. 02br
00It is one reason why Russia's richest people like to keep their identities and their lifestyles secret. 02br
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00 Ever since I arrived in Russia I've heard tall stories of a secret city deep in the forests outside Moscow where the rich indulge their fantasies in sprawling palaces of marble and gold. It sounded like a good story. I didn't expect it to be true, let alone that I'd get an invite. 02br
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00My question is on the following sentence.02br
00How exactly these people have got hold of such vast wealth in such a short time is a very good question, and one many ordinary Russians would like answered.02br
00It started with 'How' . So there should be a question mark at the end of the sentence.02br
01font00Is it grammatically correct. I am not comfortable with the words 'would like answered' at the end. Is it correct?02font02br
00 01font00It 02font01font00would be fine to say something like 'ordinary Russsians would like to know the answer'.02font02br
00For me, to write 'ordinary Russians would like answered' sound strange.02br
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12br 10It started with 'How' . 12br 11font 10Is it grammatically correct. I am not comfortable with the words 'would like answered' at the end.

  • 12br 10It started with 'How' .
  • 12br 11font 10Is it grammatically correct.
  • I am not comfortable with the words 'would like answered' at the end.
  • 12font 12br 12blockquote 10Hi Rex02br 02br 00It isn't a direct question but a so-called indirect question, which means that it's not a real question at all.
  • This is obvious from the fact that 01font 00the subject02font 00 precedes 01font 00the auxiliary verb02font 00.
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01cite10Rex12cite10How exactly 11font11b10these people12b12font10 11font11b10have12b12font10 got hold of such vast wealth in such a short time is a very good question, and one many ordinary Russians would like answere
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0How. 02br
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00This is not the direct question - 'How did these people get hold of such vast wealth in such a short time?' It doesn't need a question mark. Search for 'indirect question' on this site for more information. This will get you started 05000.02br
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00Is it grammatically correct.00 Now, that is a direct question and should have

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