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Desafinado Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

I want to know which is correct.

I want to learn which is the reason.

I want to learn which the reason is.
  

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If several reasons have been suggested, you might say of the various suggestions I want to know which is the reason . If a phenomenon is puzzling you and you want an explanation, you might say I want to know what is the reason for this .

— Thomas Tompion

  • If several reasons have been suggested, you might say of the various suggestions I want to know which is the reason .
  • If a phenomenon is puzzling you and you want an explanation, you might say I want to know what is the reason for this .
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If several reasons have been suggested, you might say of the various suggestions I want to know which is the reason.

If a phenomenon is puzzling you and you want an explanation, you might say I want to know what is the reason for this.
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Thomas TompionI want to know what is the reason for this.
I wouldn’t use inversion there: I want to know what the reason for this is.

Better yet: I want to know the reason for this.
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It could be
I want to learn the reason for this..
or
I want to learn what is the reason for this
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Amy was waiting in line to buy a ticket. Suddenly, she left.

Why?
a) she got tired of waiting in line
b) the tickets were all sold out
c) her cell phone rang and she heard that her mother had been taken to the hospital
d) she had a biological need to leave
f) she remembered that she had an important meeting with her boss and she was late

I want to know which
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AlpheccaStarsI want to know which one is the reason for her leaving.
Can't we say that like this? - I want to know which one the reason is for her leaving.

Thank you.
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LaboriousCan't we say that like this? - I want to know which one the reason is for her leaving.
I couldn't say it, Laborious.
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fyi both lines are wrong.
btw Thomas Tompian's remarks are apt.

In the First line you could modify it to:
I want to learn what the reason could be.

or if given a list of options to choose from:
I want to learn which one of these could be the reason.

your sentence, "I want to learn which is the reason", is,sadly, wrong, grammatically preposterous and a
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EffectorI want to learn what the reason could be.
I want to learn which one of these could be the reason.
I want to learn "what" the reason is.
I want to learn the right reason.
None of those are very natural, especially the last one. Also, why is what in quotation marks?
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more stress obviously (quotes)

maybe "all" is missing in the last one? as such:
I want to learn "all" the right reasons. (this time, quotes only to indicate amendment)

I don't see how them sentences could be "incorrect" although I can't really testify that they are in fact "natural". What determines what's natural (for you) really? Your exposure? Your knowledge? Your IQ? your
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