How different?
Who is the captain?
How would you differentiate these two patterns?
A) I don’t know who the captain is.
B) I don’t know who is the captain.
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teacherJapan How would you differentiate these two patterns? The first is right, and the second is wrong if you mean it to be an ordinary variant of the first. I call it wrong, but it isn't really because people do put it that way sometimes.
- teacherJapan How would you differentiate these two patterns?
- The first is right, and the second is wrong if you mean it to be an ordinary variant of the first.
- I call it wrong, but it isn't really because people do put it that way sometimes.
- You could use the second form if you wanted to stress "is".
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teacherJapanHow would you differentiate these two patterns?
The first is right, and the second is wrong if you mean it to be an ordinary variant of the first. I call it wrong, but it isn't really because people do put it that way sometimes.
You could use the second form if you wanted to stress "is".
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