Which sentence is correct?"I just want to know what do/ ......" thanks

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01cite10Peaceblinkfriend12cite10Which sentence is correct? What is the difference between them? Thank you for your help. 15012br
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101. I just want to know what people usually do in that situation.12br
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102. I just want to know what 11font10do10 1

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00I'd say only the first one is acceptable. It is not a question, so you can't say it like it's a real question. But you could say:02br
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00I just want to know... What do people usually do in that situation?02br
00I just want to know, what do people usually do in that situation?02br
00I just want to know. What do people usually

0 The first is correct. The second is not correct. It's a very common mistake among learners of English. As stated above in this thread, only a direct question takes the inverted form. As you can see below, only one of many possibilities uses the inverted form.02br
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00 What do they do?02br
00 I know what they do.02br
00 I don't know what

0 Thank you for your replies, Calif Jim, Kooyeen and Yoong Liat. I appreciate your help. 02br
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00What does it mean by 'only one of many possibilities' in 01i00'As you can see below, only one of many possibilities uses the inverted form' 02i00? Could you please explain? 02br
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00So you only use the inverted form if it is a di

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01cite10Peaceblinkfriend12cite10What does it mean by 'only one of many possibilities' in 11i10'As you can see below, only one of many possibilities uses the inverted form' 12i10? Could you please explain? 12blockquote

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0 So you only use the inverted form if it is a direction question; questions with '?'.01font00(01i01b00Do I need a full stop here 02b02i00'.'?)02font00 Am I right?02br
00Peaceblinkfriend02br
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01i00A full stop is required.02i0-

0 I added more examples and notes to my post above, Peaceblinkfriend.02br
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