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Pamela81 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

When the verb at the end of the sentence?

Hello,

can someone tell me when the verb has to be at the end of a sentence? I usaully write:

" i do not know where the mistake is"

is it correct?

If yes, please try to explain me the main rule.

Thanks !!

Pamela
  

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Pamela81 " I do not know where the mistake is . " I s it correct? Yes.

— CalifJim

  • Pamela81 " I do not know where the mistake is .
  • " I s it correct?
  • Yes.
  • Statements and indirect questions take the same word order.
  • Only direct questions invert subject and verb.
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Pamela81"I do not know where the mistake is."
Is it correct?
Yes.

Statements and indirect questions take the same word order. Only direct questions invert subject and verb.

See

CJ
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Thank you very much! I remember some times ago , i wrote in one e-mail: "i do not know where the mistake was" and my colleagues at work thought I was wrong and laughted at me....

Now i know I was right BUT if I just wrote " i do not know where was the mistake" is it understandable anyway? is it a very big mistake??

Thanks once again :-)
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Pamela81if I just wrote "I do not know where was the mistake" is it understandable anyway? Is it a very big mistake??
It is understandable, but I regard it as a very big mistake. This erroneous construction is one of the first things that will reveal that you don't speak Eng
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ok. I understand. I believe that a lot of people do not know this construction.. At work I often read the above mentioned mistake.. I remember that at school we did not focus that much on this....
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