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Unix77 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

When we use noun + verb and verb + noun

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00I have two example sentence : 02br
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00- i do not know what is in the box 02br
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00- i do not know what the homework is (or may be possible : i don't know what is the homework) 02br
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00i belived it will be used several times in toelf exam, can any one explain it to me, please ? 02br
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00thanks, what is the rule ? 0-
  

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0 This is an attempt, nobody has responded so far, so I'll test myself (but wait for the teachers) 02br 00In indirect questions the word order is the normal. But your sentences are tricky (at least for me) 02br 00The first one is like: what is there in the box? So the full form would be: I don't know what there is in the box.

— Klavier

  • 0 This is an attempt, nobody has responded so far, so I'll test myself (but wait for the teachers) 02br 00In indirect questions the word order is the normal.
  • But your sentences are tricky (at least for me) 02br 00The first one is like: what is there in the box?
  • So the full form would be: I don't know what there is in the box.
  • But you drop 01i 00there02i 00.
  • 02br 00The second, (I don't know if it's correct) but I think it should be: what is the homework about?
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0 This is an attempt, nobody has responded so far, so I'll test myself (but wait for the teachers) 02br
00In indirect questions the word order is the normal. But your sentences are tricky (at least for me) 02br
00The first one is like: what is there in the box? So the full form would be: I don't know what there is in the box. But you drop 01i00there02i
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0 I think you are asking for a rule about the order of subject and verb in indirect questions. 02br
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00Don't invert subject and verb in these structures. Use the subject first, then the verb. 02br
00Do leave the question word at the beginning of the clause, however. 02br
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00Direct question: What is in the box? [Question form of "Somet
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0 Is it wrong to say: What is the homework about? 02br
00Is it possible to find a proper context for it? 02br
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00Also, in the question: Who is she? 01b00Who02b00 here is the subject but in an indirect question the word order is inverted: I don't know who she is. Why? 0-
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0 Hi, Latin, 02br
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00No, it is not wrong to say "What is the homework about?" 02br
00Any time you want to know what the homework is about is the context! 05002br
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00I suppose the question that is used more often for this is, "What do you have to do for homework?" 02br
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00In a 01u00direct02u
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