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Jayprakash Singh Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Grammar: questions?
Which of these sentences are grammatically correct?
1. How do you think has he done it?
2. How do you think he has done it?
Please elucidate!
Top answer
1. * How do you think [ has he done it ]? 2.
- 1.
- * How do you think [ has he done it ]?
- 2.
- How do you think [ he has done it ] ?
- 2.
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1. *How do you think [has he done it]?
2. How do you think [he has done it]?
2. is correct. In your example, subject-auxiliary inversion is only permitted in the matrix (main) clause, not the bracketed embedded subordinate clause as well.
Think of it like this:
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