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Penicillin Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Question in indirect question

Hello

Which one is correct?

- He doesn't know what's going on.

- He doesn't know what going on is.

I hear that they say the first one, but grammatically the second one is the right because it's indirect question.

Thanks
  

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Onh1986 Hello Which one is correct? - He doesn't know what's going on. Correct.

— Philip

  • Onh1986 Hello Which one is correct?
  • - He doesn't know what's going on.
  • Correct.
  • - He doesn't know what going on is.
  • I hear that they say the first one, but grammatically the second one is the right because it's indirect question.
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Onh1986Hello

Which one is correct?

- He doesn't know what's going on. Correct.

- He doesn't know what going on is.

I hear that they say the first one, but grammatically the second one is the right because it's indirect question.

Thanks
The second one would be c
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When the direct question questions the subject (as in What's (What is) going on?) the order of subject and verb is exactly the same in the indirect question.

Compare:

What was happening when you arrived? (Nothing much was happening when I arrived.) (You fill in the missing subject in order to answer the question.)
I asked what was happening when you a
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