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Hanuman_2000 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Indirect question

Sir,

1.I want to know what you are doing.

2.What are you doing?

3.What you are doing.


Sir(1) is called as indirect question as I read in a book ,but could not understand its meaning.

(2) is a direct question ,it is clear to me.

(3) it may be "indirect question" without any question word,means it could be "I want to know What you are doing."

Please help me.

Thanks.

  

Top answer

" If you ask me an indirect question, you don't ask a question at all. You make a statement, but it's clear from the statement that you are asking a question. You say, "I would like to know what you are doing".

— CalifJim

  • " If you ask me an indirect question, you don't ask a question at all.
  • You make a statement, but it's clear from the statement that you are asking a question.
  • You say, "I would like to know what you are doing".
  • " But there is no question, only your statement of what you would like to know.
  • That makes it an indirect question.
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If you ask me a direct question, you say, "What are you doing?"
If you ask me an indirect question, you don't ask a question at all. You make a statement, but it's clear from the statement that you are asking a question. You say, "I would like to know what you are doing". If you would like to know what I am doing, it is very much like asking me "What are you doing?" But there is no quest
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