Embedded questions
I'd like to know if these sentences are ok.
1 Do you know who are my parents?
2 I just wanted to know who he was?
3 Do you know who is that woman sitting there?
4 Do you know who the owner of this bag is?
please help me I'm confused.
Top answer
Embedded questions do not normally have subject-auxiliary inversion: 1 Do you know who are my parents ? ("my parents are") 2 I just wanted to know who he was? (OK) 3 Do you know who is that woman sitting there ?
- Embedded questions do not normally have subject-auxiliary inversion: 1 Do you know who are my parents ?
- ("my parents are") 2 I just wanted to know who he was?
- (OK) 3 Do you know who is that woman sitting there ?
- ("that woman sitting there is") 4 Do you know who the owner of this bag is?
- (OK)
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Embedded questions do not normally have subject-auxiliary inversion:
1 Do you know who are my parents? ("my parents are")
2 I just wanted to know who he was? (OK)
3 Do you know who is that woman sitting there? ("that woman sitting there is")
4 Do you know who the owner of this bag is? (OK)
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