we don't know what the problem would be

0 Yes, it's correct, but the two sentences have different meanings!02br
00And neither can be called a question... 0-

0I'd prefer 01b00might02b00:02br
00Google hits at the BBC and the New York Times: 02br
003 from bbc.co.uk for "what the problem would be"02br
00 5 from bbc.co.uk for "what the problem might be"02br
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00 2 from nytimes.com for "what the problem would be"02br
00 6 from nytimes.com for "wh

0 Sorry I didn't mean to ask the way of asking instead it's "way of saying"02br
00So I'd conclude that "we still don't know what 01u00the problem would be02u00" is the grammatical one02br
00 and is there actually a meaning for "we still don't know what 01u00would be the problem02u00"? which I think it is ungrammatical  0-

0So I'd conclude that "We still don't know what the problem would be" is the grammatical one 02br
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00Yes, you're right.0-

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01cite10Anewcomer12cite10I10s this a correct way of asking: we still don't know what the problem would be 12br
10 It's because I heard someone saying: we still don't know what would be the problem12br
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10Hi,02br
00both are ok, but in the first the subject is "the problem", and

0 Really? 02br
00I think "we still do not know what would be the problem" is wrong, it's just like " He doesn't know what is it" which is wrong in english, and it should be "He doesn't know what it is" unless when "what" isn't the subject in "he doesn't know what is inside".As for the earlier ones the noun is the subject. I think this is what the native speaker use 0-

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01cite10Anewcomer12cite10I think "we still do not know what would be the problem" is wrong,12blockquote

10Hi Newcomer02br
00You are right.02br
00CB 0-

0 CB, Anewcomer:02br
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00 I saw it this way:02br
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00 — "...what will the problem be" — asks to describe the problem.02br
00 — Oh, it'll be a difficult problem.02br
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00 — "...what will be the problem" — asks to identify the problem.02br
00 — Well, putting the engine back under the hood will b

0Hi 02br
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00On second thoughts, I think it should be 'We don't know what the problem will (not 'would') be.'0-

0Honestly speaking, one may be more clearly understood with:02br
01i00We still 01b00don't know02b00 what the problem 01b00is02b00. 02i02br
00except if you wanted to be terribly polite. 0-