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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
use of is in a question
Why does the "is" move in the question "Where is the station?" to the end when preceding the question with "Could you tell me (where the station is?)"?
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', the following clause retains the word order for a statement (S-V).
- ', the following clause retains the word order for a statement (S-V).
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Because the actual question is 'Could you tell me?', the following clause retains the word order for a statement (S-V).
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