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0 Should the sentence "Let me know when will you go there" be terminated with a question mark (?) or should it be terminated with a period (.)? I'm getting confused because though the sentence is asking a question, it begins with 'Let me know' after which only the question starts! 02br
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0 It's not a childish question, Guest. 02br 00Let me know when you will go there. 02br 00Notice that the word order also shouldn't be in a questioning order.

  • 0 It's not a childish question, Guest.
  • 02br 00Let me know when you will go there.
  • 02br 00Notice that the word order also shouldn't be in a questioning order.
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0 It's not a childish question, Guest. 02br
00Let me know when you will go there. 02br
00Notice that the word order also shouldn't be in a questioning order. 0-
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0 Exactly. 02br
00Direct speech: "When will you go there?": it is a question > ?, and word order for a question. 02br
00Reported speech: "Tell me/let me know when you will go there.": it's not a question, > no ?, and normal word order. 02br
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00But I wonder if, in this case, it wouldn't be better to say: "Let me know when you go there"; I don'
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0 Yup, Pieanne is right. Will is not used in this structure. 0-
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0 I was thinking about that too, Pieanne. However, I believe there is a difference between the two. If we say "Let me know when you go (=get) there", the person will be expected to tell us he 01b00has already arrived02b00 there. If the person is only expected to tell us when he 01b00is going/plans to go02b00 there, then I think "Let me know when you
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0 Hi, Miche, 02br
00I feel a difference between "go" & "get" 02br
00To me, "when you get there" is clearly "when you have arrived there". 02br
00"When you go there" is more "when you intend to go there", or "whenever you go there" 02br
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00As to the "will" part, I'm aware there's a difference between the reported speech and any other sen

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