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Bingo bin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Do you know what Jack doing is?
What is Jack doing?
Do you know what Jack is doing?
Do you know what Jack doing is?
Which one grammatical?
Do you know what Jack is doing?
Do you know what Jack doing is?
Which one grammatical?
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bingo bin Do you know what Jack is doing? This one is grammatical. As is correct in indirect questions ( what Jack is doing ), the subject ( Jack ) stands before the verb ( is doing ).
- bingo bin Do you know what Jack is doing?
- This one is grammatical.
- As is correct in indirect questions ( what Jack is doing ), the subject ( Jack ) stands before the verb ( is doing ).
- There is no inversion of the auxiliary verb with the main verb in any grammatical structure in English (changing is doing to doing is ).
- CJ
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bingo binDo you know what Jack is doing?This one is grammatical. As is correct in indirect questions (what Jack is doing), the subject (Jack) stands before the verb (is doing).
There is no inversion of the auxiliary verb with the main verb in any grammatical structure in English (changing is doing to doing is).
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