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User3959 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Which one is correct? and why?

Ask me what can I do for you


Or Ask me what I can do for you?

  

Top answer

As they stand, the second one is right. '" You are telling me to ask you that question in those very words.

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  • As they stand, the second one is right.
  • '" You are telling me to ask you that question in those very words.
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As they stand, the second one is right. Toss in some punctuation, and the picture changes:

"Ask me, 'What can I do for you?'" You are telling me to ask you that question in those very words.

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user3959Ask me what I can do for you.
What can you do for me?
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Ask me what can I do for you. (This is an imperative sentence. It is not interrogative.)

Ask me, "What can I do for you?" (This is an interrogative sentence as a direct quotation within an imperative.

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