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Gyeong-su Yim Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Need some advice in grammar.
I want to make interrogative sentence, using "the question is".
But I wonder whether or not I should change the order of a verb and a noun.
which one is more correct below?
1. The question is what is human life?
2. The question is what human life is?
But I wonder whether or not I should change the order of a verb and a noun.
which one is more correct below?
1. The question is what is human life?
2. The question is what human life is?
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Hello, Gyeong-su Yim. Welcome to the English Forums. Neither is correct.
- Hello, Gyeong-su Yim.
- Welcome to the English Forums.
- Neither is correct.
- The first lacks quotation marks, and the second is ungrammatical.
- " Even this isn't a true interrogative sentence.
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Hello, Gyeong-su Yim. Welcome to the English Forums.
Neither is correct. The first lacks quotation marks, and the second is ungrammatical.
The question is, "What is human life?"
Even this isn't a true interrogative sentence. It is an indicative sentence, stating a question.
Some may suggest the following, which I consider to be wrong, as a colon should no
Neither is correct. The first lacks quotation marks, and the second is ungrammatical.
The question is, "What is human life?"
Even this isn't a true interrogative sentence. It is an indicative sentence, stating a question.
Some may suggest the following, which I consider to be wrong, as a colon should no
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