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Blue scarf 939 Posted 9 years ago
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why can't I say 'do you know where is that?'
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' One practical reason is that English speakers don't say it like that. Actually, you can say it like that, but everyone will know that you don't know how to speak English very well, and we don't want that, do we? The theoretical reason is different.
- ' One practical reason is that English speakers don't say it like that.
- Actually, you can say it like that, but everyone will know that you don't know how to speak English very well, and we don't want that, do we?
- The theoretical reason is different.
- After non-assertive "know" (and after many other expressions like it), we use a construction called an indirect question (or an embedded question).
- Unlike the way we do a direct question (with inverted subject and verb), we do an indirect question without this inversion.
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blue scarf 939Why can't I say 'Do you know where is that?'
One practical reason is that English speakers don't say it like that. Actually, you cansay it like that, but everyone will know that you don't know how to speak English very well, and we don't
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