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Silak12 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Direct to indirect question?
Hi! everyone.
Could someone tell me if we convert the direct question below into the indirect one I have suggested. What changes will occur in the sentence structure of the later?
Direct-Who is calling you?
Indirect-May I know who is calling you?
Now does any change occur in the indirect sentence following "May I know..."?
I mean I know when we say a sentence like "Could you tell me where the doctor is? the verb's place is changed in the sentence. So should I expect any changes in the sentence in question above?
Thanks!
Could someone tell me if we convert the direct question below into the indirect one I have suggested. What changes will occur in the sentence structure of the later?
Direct-Who is calling you?
Indirect-May I know who is calling you?
Now does any change occur in the indirect sentence following "May I know..."?
I mean I know when we say a sentence like "Could you tell me where the doctor is? the verb's place is changed in the sentence. So should I expect any changes in the sentence in question above?
Thanks!
Top answer
No change needed.
- No change needed.
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silak12 should I expect any changes in the sentence in question above?No, because the original direct question, unlike most direct questions, has no subject-verb inversion. The reason that the original question doesn't have the inversion is that the question word (Who?) is the subject of the sentence.
The word order of the direct question and
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