is this grammatically correct?

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She wanted to know if there are any parking restrictions at a commercial property on Marietta St.

SPARKY · Accepted Answer

hi,i think you are correct but you should have used were instead of are.

Aperisic · Answer

Nancy1982
She wanted to know if there are any parking restrictions at a commercial property on Marietta St.

"if" here means "whether" so strictly

She wanted to know if/whether there were any parking restrictions at the commercial property on Marietta St.

You can say

She wanted to know if/whether there are any parking restrictions at the commercial property on Marietta St.

but that means that she wanted to know about general standard restrictions on Marietta St. not only those restrictions in the past.

For example:

I wanted to know where is Marietta St. is OK because Marietta St. doesn't change its place, it is always in one place, but

I wanted to know where was my car.

If you use past in both sentences you can't miss.

Clive · Answer

Hi guys,

I wanted to know where is Marietta St.

I wanted to know where was my car.

These are not questions, only reported questions. You need to say:

I wanted to know where Marietta St. is.

I wanted to know where my car was.

Best wishes, Clive

Aperisic · Answer

Clive
Hi guys,

I wanted to know where is Marietta St.

I wanted to know where was my car.

These are not questions, only reported questions. You need to say:

I wanted to know where Marietta St. is.

I wanted to know where my car was.

Best wishes, Clive

Sure, I was focused on the tense, so read again

"if" here means "whether" so strictly

She wanted to know if/whether there were any parking restrictions at the commercial property on Marietta St.

You can say

She wanted to know if/whether there are any parking restrictions at the commercial property on Marietta St.

but that means that she wanted to know about general standard restrictions on Marietta St. not only those restrictions in the past.

For example:

I wanted to know where Marietta St is. is OK because Marietta St. doesn't change its place, it is always in one place, but

I wanted to know where my car was.

If you use past in both sentences you can't miss.

[Regarding the above omission this is correct

I wanted to know: "Where was my car?"]

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