Indirect question for "Which is/was..."

You are right in your thinking.

(indirect Q) "Can you remember which was the first record you bought?"

That sentence is wrong. It should be
(indirect Q) "Can you remember what the first record you bought was?"

EnglishmavenThat sentence is wrong. It should be

My first reaction was the same; that I would use "what" as the pronoun introducing the noun clause.
"Which" can introduce the clause as a determiner but the syntax of the complement clause ( "the first record you bought" ) does not allow for inversion.

"Can you remember which of these was th

That is good thinking. Thanks

Paul EvdokimovCan you remember which was the first record you bought?

I would just leave out "which was", as shown above.

The exercise is a little odd in that "remember" does not require an indirect question as a compliment. It can take an ordinary direct object.

CJ

Well, the initial question is taken from an interview. 'Which' is quite appropriate in the context:

"How many CDs have you got?"
"Oh, hundreds - I've lost count of them!"
...
"Which was the first record you bought?"
(Change into indirect question beginning with 'Can you remember...'.Suggested answer by the authors: "Can you rememb

Just to get myself out of the confusion I am in, I'd like to ask if it is possible to say "Do you remember which the first record you bought was?".

There must be something special about 'which' compared to 'what' in terms of inversion... I'm thinking of transforming 'Which is yours?' into an indirect question.
'Which is yours? -> 'Can you remember which is yours?' or 'Can you remember which + noun is yours?' looks grammatically correct.
'Which is yours? -> 'Can you remember which

Anonymousif it is possible to say "Do you remember which the first record you bought was?".

I might be adding even more confusion, but there's been no final verdict on the suggested "Do you remember which was the first record you bought?" yet, provided we use the original context...

Can you remember which (one) is yours? - This is what I would naturally say. I would not call the other wrong.

Paul EvdokimovThere must be something special about 'which' compared to 'what' in terms of inversion

As I said before, "which" is mostly used as a determiner and "what" as a pronoun. I think that is the difference. You need a context for "which," and no context for "what."

Which (record, one, ...) did you buy? (Context is requi