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New Hope Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Sentence structure

What is correct of the following sentences. I believe the first one cannot be correct being an embedded sentence. Thanks in advance.
I wonder what is in the bag.
I wonder what it is in the bag.
I wonder what there is in the bag.
  

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Hello! Your sentence is in indirect speech. So: Who , whom and what In indirect questions with who, whom and what , the wh- word may be the subject or the object of the reported clause: Examples: I asked them who came to meet them at the airport.

— Eager learner

  • Hello!
  • Your sentence is in indirect speech.
  • So: Who , whom and what In indirect questions with who, whom and what , the wh- word may be the subject or the object of the reported clause: Examples: I asked them who came to meet them at the airport.
  • " He wondered what the repairs would cost.
  • ") Therefore: I wonder what is in the bag.
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Hello!

Your sentence is in indirect speech. So:

Who, whom and what

In indirect questions with who, whom and what,
the wh-word may be the subject or the object of the reported clause:

Examples:

I asked them who came to meet them at the airport.
(who is the su
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All three are fine. They are just slightly different ways of saying the same thing.

The expressions beginning with "what" are called interrogative content clauses, or embedded questions. The meanings are:

"I wonder about the answer to the question 'What is in the bag?'"
"I wonder about the answer to the question 'What is it in the bag?'"
"I wonder about the answer to the
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