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Nkspb Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The word-order in a question after a verb

Hello! Please, help to understand.

If someone explains a question they asked, how is it correct to say?

1) "I mean what do like in your job?"

2) "I mean what you like in your job?"

Thanks!
  

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What do you like about your job? What parts of your job do you like the most?

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  • What do you like about your job?
  • What parts of your job do you like the most?
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What do you like about your job?
What parts of your job do you like the most?
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I get your point. Your sentences are nice, but I am interested in the word order after "mean" here, it's quite confusing Emotion: smile
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nkspbIf someone explains a question they asked
Essentially that's rephrasing the question with "I mean" in front of it. In that situation, it's like a direct quote.

I mean, "What do you like in your job?"

The other version is an indirect question embedded in another sentence. The sentence as a whole is not a question.

I'm
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This is the most natural:

1) "I mean, what do you like about your job?"
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