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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

I wonder where is he now.

Hi

Would you say that the second sentence in each set is natural too? If not, is it just odd or plain wrong?

  1. I don't have to explain anything. She knows why I can't sign it.
  2. I don't have to explain anything. She knows why can't I sign it.

1) I wonder where she is now.

2) I wonder where is she now.

Thanks,

Tom

  

Top answer

They are wrong. The wh -expressions are subordinate interrogative clauses (embedded questions), and do not normally have subject-auxiliary inversion. But the second sentence in each pair of your examples contains inversion and hence is ungrammatical.

— BillJ

  • They are wrong.
  • The wh -expressions are subordinate interrogative clauses (embedded questions), and do not normally have subject-auxiliary inversion.
  • But the second sentence in each pair of your examples contains inversion and hence is ungrammatical.
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They are wrong.

The wh-expressions are subordinate interrogative clauses (embedded questions), and do not normally have subject-auxiliary inversion.

But the second sentence in each pair of your examples contains inversion and hence is ungrammatical.





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