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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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01i01b00I want you to explain to me what exactly did you send me02b00. 02i02br
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01i00Shouldn't it rather be: I want you to explain to me what exactly you sent me.02i0-
  

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0 01b00Your02b00 sentence is correct. (I would place 'exactly' between 'me' and 'what', however.) 0-
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01cite10Newguest12cite10Shouldn't it rather be: I want you to explain to me what exactly you sent me.12blockquote
10I find the repetition of "me" somewhat awkward here.02br
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0Thanks guys. It was helpful.02br
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00One more question. Is the direct question in my sentence: What sent you to me? 02br
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00You sent me something. So the word "what" is the object, and that's why we should reverse it, i.e., ....what you sent me, instead of "what did you send me". right?0-
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01cite10Newguest12cite10One more question. Is the direct question in my sentence: What sent you to me? 12br
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10You sent me something. So the word "what" is the object, and that's why we should reverse it, i.e., ....what you sent me, instead of "what did you send me". right?12br
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0I purposefully omitted "did" 05002br
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00Someone has told me that when I want to know the word order in indirect questions, I need to work out the implied direct question, and put it in a form without the auxiliaries.010id1
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