which sentence is grammatically correct?

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Which one is correct?1. Tell me who is your favorite actor.2. Tell me who your favorite actor is.

Tamguatlay · Accepted Answer

The second sentence is correct.

Rain Lover · Answer

Both are correct.
In his Practical English Usage Third Edition (on page 253), Michael Swan writes:

Questions beginning who/what/which + be can ask for a subject or a complement. Compare:
Who is the best player here? (This asks for a subject: a possible answer is John is the best player here.)
What is the time? (This asks for a complement: a possible answer is The time is 4.30, NOT ~~4.30 is the time.~~)
When we report the first kind of question (where who/what/which + be asks for a subject), two word orders are possible.

- Direct: Who's the best player here?
Indirect: She asked me who was the best player.
She asked me who the best player was.

-Direct: What's the matter?
Indirect: I asked what was the matter.
I asked what the matter was. [...]
This does not happen when who/what/which asks for a complement.
-Direct: What's the time?
Indirect: She asked what the time was. (NOT USUALLY She asked what was the time.)

Jodavid · Answer

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