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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Who he is vs. who he is

Do you say: Everybody knows who James Bond is. OR Everybody knows who is James Bond.
I'm asking because I heard the second version on TV the other day and I'm a little confused what version is better/correct.
Thanks for your help.
  

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"...who James Bond is." is OK. It is in indirect speech; you report the direct question: 'Who is James Bond?'
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The correct statements are:

Everybody knows James Bond.
Everybody know who James Bond is. He is a famous agent in Her Majesty's Secret Service. He is a fictitious character in the novels by Ian Flemming.
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Anonymous Everybody knows who James Bond is.
Yes.
AnonymousEverybody knows who is James Bond.
No.

The correct word order for that kind of indirect question is

who/what | [the noun phrase] | is/are/was/were.
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Examples:

[I don't know / I can't guess
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