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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Noun clause
Hi, I got a confusion about word order in questions with noun clauses!
I know that this sentence is correct: Do you know who he is? (Not "Do you know who is he?")
But I am baffled about this: Do you know who Bob's brother is?
Or Do you know who is Bob's brother?
*I know the rule that when we want to ask about subject of a sentence we just have to replace the subject with "who".
ex: Jack set the fire.
Q?>Who set the fire?
Bobby is Bob's brother.
Q?> Who is Bob'r brother?
Thanks:)
I know that this sentence is correct: Do you know who he is? (Not "Do you know who is he?")
But I am baffled about this: Do you know who Bob's brother is?
Or Do you know who is Bob's brother?
*I know the rule that when we want to ask about subject of a sentence we just have to replace the subject with "who".
ex: Jack set the fire.
Q?>Who set the fire?
Bobby is Bob's brother.
Q?> Who is Bob'r brother?
Thanks:)
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Anonymous Do you know who he is? ")But I am baffled about this: Do you know who Bob's brother is? It really shouldn't be baffling because it's the same pattern, just substituting "Bob's brother" for "he".
- Anonymous Do you know who he is?
- ")But I am baffled about this: Do you know who Bob's brother is?
- It really shouldn't be baffling because it's the same pattern, just substituting "Bob's brother" for "he".
- Do you know who [ he / Bob's brother / Mr.
- Smith / she / that woman ] is ?
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AnonymousDo you know who he is? (Not "Do you know who is he?")But I am baffled about this: Do you know who Bob's brother is?It really shouldn't be baffling because it's the same pattern, just substituting "Bob's brother" for "he".
Do you know who [ he / Bob's brother / Mr. Smith / she / that woman ] is?
Do you know what [the prob
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