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Smile25 Posted 13 years ago
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which question is correct?

1- Which one is it ?
2- Which one it is ?
  

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1- Which one is it ? Correct. #2 is not correct as a direct question.

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  • 1- Which one is it ?
  • Correct.
  • #2 is not correct as a direct question.
  • It is used as an indirect question.
  • In an indirect question, the tense is often back-shifted, and there is no question mark at the end of the sentence.
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1- Which one is it ? Correct.

#2 is not correct as a direct question. It is used as an indirect question. In an indirect question, the tense is often back-shifted, and there is no question mark at the end of the sentence.

She asked me which one it was.
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The first one is correct except that you should not put a space before the question mark.

The second one is incorrect.
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