Sentence Structure
Hi,
I’d like to know which one of the following sentences is correct and why:
“They performed the task in order to know who were the strongest men in Scotland.”
Or
“They performed the task in order to know who the strongest men in Scotland were”
Thank you very much in advance.
R
Top answer
piano hat 153 They performed the task in order to know who the strongest men in Scotland were. This is the correct one. Some verbs (like know ) take an indirect question as a complement.
- piano hat 153 They performed the task in order to know who the strongest men in Scotland were.
- This is the correct one.
- Some verbs (like know ) take an indirect question as a complement.
- ) goes at the end.
- Direct question: Who [were] [the strongest men in Scotland]?
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piano hat 153They performed the task in order to know who the strongest men in Scotland were.
This is the correct one.
Some verbs (like know) take an indirect question as a complement. If the indirect question is an equative clause (X is Y; A was B; P were Q; etc.), the verb (is, was, etc.) goes at the end.
Direct question:
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