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Nazanin saryazdi Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
reported speech?
I sometimes hear sentences in the movies which seem like reported speech, but they do not follow the rule, such as " tell me what's wrong?" or " tell us what does it mean?". Why don't they say " tell us what it means" for example? It's a bit confusing to me, when and where to report, though I know the grammatical rule.
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nazanin saryazdi T ell me what's wrong? The question word ( what ) is the subject. In such cases, there is no difference between a direct question ( What's wrong?
- nazanin saryazdi T ell me what's wrong?
- The question word ( what ) is the subject.
- In such cases, there is no difference between a direct question ( What's wrong?
- ) and the indirect question ( [Tell me] what's wrong.
- ) So this follows the rule for indirect questions.
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nazanin saryazdiTell me what's wrong?The question word (what) is the subject. In such cases, there is no difference between a direct question (What's wrong?) and the indirect question ( [Tell me] what's wrong.) So this follows the rule for indirect questions.
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