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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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Are you asking why does USA have close relations with Japan?
Is the following sentence correct?
Are you asking why does USA have close relations with Japan?
Isn't there a question statement within a question? "Are you asking" is the main question statement, and then "why does USA" is second interrogative statement. Isn't this wrong? Please guide me. Thanks.
Are you asking why does USA have close relations with Japan?
Isn't there a question statement within a question? "Are you asking" is the main question statement, and then "why does USA" is second interrogative statement. Isn't this wrong? Please guide me. Thanks.
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Strictly wrong, but common in speech. In writing: Are you asking why the USA has close relations with Japan? Of course, there could simply be missing quotation marks: Are you asking, "Why does the USA have close relations with Japan?
- Strictly wrong, but common in speech.
- In writing: Are you asking why the USA has close relations with Japan?
- Of course, there could simply be missing quotation marks: Are you asking, "Why does the USA have close relations with Japan?
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Strictly wrong, but common in speech. In writing:
Are you asking why the USA has close relations with Japan?
Of course, there could simply be missing quotation marks:
Are you asking, "Why does the USA have close relations with Japan?"?
Are you asking why the USA has close relations with Japan?
Of course, there could simply be missing quotation marks:
Are you asking, "Why does the USA have close relations with Japan?"?
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Mister MicawberStrictly wrong, but common in speech. In writing:Are you asking why the USA has close relations with Japan?Of course, there could simply be missing quotation marks:Are you asking, "Why does USA have close relations with Japan?"?Thanks, Mr Micawber. I'm happy my analysis wasn't entirely wrong.
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Jackson
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...by the way, be sure to always include the definite article "the" with acronyms like "USA" if they aren't said as words. For example, "I visited the USA" or "I'm a member of the UN". But "I work for FIFA" (when said like "fee-fah"), or "I served with UNESCO" (when said like "you-ness-koh").
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jimboNZ...by the way, be sure to always include the definite article "the" with acronyms like "USA" if they aren't said as words. For example, "I visited the USA" or "I'm a member of the UN". But "I work for FIFA" (when said like "fee-fah"), or "I served with UNESCO" (when said like "you-ness-koh").Thanks for the advice, jimboNZ.
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Yes, I left it out when I copied and pasted, didn't I? I've fixed it my my post now. Thanks, jimbo.
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