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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Correct grammar

Can any body tell me which one is correct of following two phrases.

1. What are they here for?

or

2. What they are here for?
  

Top answer

The first. NB *grammer grammar

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The first.

NB

*grammer

grammar
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RavenCan any body tell me which one is correct of following two phrases.

1. What are they here for?

or

2. What they are here for?

I believe both of them could be correct, granted if the question mark is removed from number 2.

# 1 is a question and the answer could be " they are here to see Mr. Johnson"

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Hello, Raven, and welcome!

The normal word order for a question is: "Interrogative word - Auxiliary - Subject - (rest of the verbal form) - (Complements) - preposition.

So, only 1. is correct (for a question, as Goodman says)
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<believe both of them could be correct, granted if the question mark is removed from number 2.>

But that wasn't the topic question, was it?
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If the question mark is removed, 2. is not complete, as someone said above.
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Milky<believe both of them could be correct, granted if the question mark is removed from number 2.>

But that wasn't the topic question, was it?

Milky,

Of course I realized that. I just simply pointed it out. Perhaps, I took the question too far. However the case,

“what they are here for” is not a question by agreemen
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