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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

indirect speech

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00I have a question related to word order.02br
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00Is it incorrect if I say:02br
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00what do you think is his favourite pop band?02br
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00It sounds bad but many google hits support it is correct.02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Sounds acceptable to me.02br
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00Clive0-
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0 thank you very much, Clive 0-
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0Come to think of it, 01i00do you think02i00 is a parenthetical element. Yes ideed it is correct.02br
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00But how about that:02br
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00Could you tell me what is the name of the pop band who you like so much?0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00But how about that:02font02br
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01font00Could you tell me what is the name of the pop band who you like so much?02font02br
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01font00The word order should be00 01font00Could yo
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0Thank you Clive02br
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00Do you agree:02br
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00Who is your favourite rock band?02br
00This question asks for a subject. Rolling Stones(=Subject) is my favourite rock band.02br
00In such a case, when forming a double question, the word order goes two possible ways:02br
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00Could you tell me who is your ..
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0Hi again,02br
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01font00Do you agree:02font02br
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01font00Who is your favourite rock band?02br
00This question asks for a subject. Rolling Stones(=Subject) is my favourite rock band.02br
00In such a case, when forming a double question, the word order goes two pos
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0 Hi everyone,02br
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00"Could you tell me what is the name of the pop band who you like so much?"01blockquote
01cite10Clive12cite11font10The word order should be10 10"Could you tell me what the name is of the pop band who you like so much?"12font12blockquote
10"What
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0Hello Clive And Koyeen02br
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00Thanks for your effort.02br
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00Koyeen, the idea behind my starting this thread was not how I could express myself the most, possible, effective way but to know hat is incorrect syntax. 050010id5
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0Hi,02br
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00A couple of brief points.02br
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00I've just been trying to work with the words that the original poster began with, and to answer his/her later questions. That doesn't mean that what we have been discussing is necessarily the best or most common way to say things. In broad terms, when we say on the Forum that something is 'acceptable',
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0 Hi Clive,02br
00yeah, maybe you are right. In the end they just asked "Is it incorrect?", and that's a very general question with no context. But sometimes it is difficult to understand exactly what helpers mean when they answer, because every helper has their own way to answer (some are descriptive, some are prescriptive, some provide some context and some don't, some write a
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