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Slide aqua Posted 8 years ago
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"do you know what day today is? Or do you know what day is today"

I'm sure that first one is correct but i doubt about the other one. I saw it in an English conversation app.
  

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Speakers sometimes relax the rules about embedded questions in casual conversation. As you say, the first one is correct, and the second one isn't exactly right, but the second one is sometimes heard in informal situations. CJ

  • Speakers sometimes relax the rules about embedded questions in casual conversation.
  • As you say, the first one is correct, and the second one isn't exactly right, but the second one is sometimes heard in informal situations.
  • CJ
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Speakers sometimes relax the rules about embedded questions in casual conversation.

As you say, the first one is correct, and the second one isn't exactly right, but the second one is sometimes heard in informal situations.

CJ

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