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Lcwang Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Who do you think I am?

We say Do you know who I am? but Who do you think I am? Can we do the other way around and say: Who do you know I am? Do you think who I am? Can you give me more examples where do you is placed after the interrogative pronoun?
  

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No, you cannot use that second set. Whom do you think I married? Which do you think suits me best?

— Mister Micawber

  • No, you cannot use that second set.
  • Whom do you think I married?
  • Which do you think suits me best?
  • etc.
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No, you cannot use that second set.

Whom do you think I married?
Which do you think suits me best?
etc.
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LcwangCan you give me more examples where do you is placed after the interrogative pronoun?
You should be able to find these by the thousands.
Where do you go every Tuesday?
When do you have dinner?
How do you like living in the city?
What do you see over there?
Why do you want one of those?
CJ
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Hi, CJ. I am sorry for confusion. What I meant was: in the sentence Who do you think you are? do you think cannot be placed at the beginning of the sentence before who. Can you give me more examples of sentences which have the same structure?

Or, let' me put it in this way. Please advise which of the following sentences are natural:

Can you imagine who is
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Thank you for the examples, Mister Micawber. Can you tell me what other verbs have to be used in this order?
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LcwangCan you imagine who is coming to dinner tonight?
Who can you imagine is coming to dinner tonight?
Who do you imagine is coming to dinner tonight? (think is more common in this one)

Do can you guess how much longer we have to wait? "we'll have to wait" also works her
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Thank you, Avangi.
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Lcwangmore examples of sentences which have the same structure?
Oh, yes! That's almost as easy.
These consist of a question with an extra clause after the question word (usually with verbs like think, believe, hope, etc.) The extra clause takes subject-verb inversion, and the other clause remains uninverted. (Whenever there are two clauses in a q
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