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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

structure of reported

In reported speech can i say:

How much do you think it costs?

Which boy do you like to know?
and applies for other wh-question)

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Your two sentences are not 'reported speech'. How much do you think it costs? In this sentence, you probably do not know what the price of "it" is.

— Yankee

  • Your two sentences are not 'reported speech'.
  • How much do you think it costs?
  • In this sentence, you probably do not know what the price of "it" is.
  • You are asking someone for an opinion on what the price of "it" might be.
  • Which boy do you like to know ?
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Your two sentences are not 'reported speech'.

How much do you think it costs? In this sentence, you probably do not know what the price of "it" is. You are asking someone for an opinion on what the price of "it" might be.

Which boy do you like to know? => You could say "Which boy would you like to
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