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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 19 years ago
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who the father was

"No one knew who was the father, and probably Katie wasn't too certain herself."

I imagine that "... who the father was..." is a formal way of saying the same thing. Am I right?
  

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Selvakumar"No one knew who was the father, and probably Katie wasn't too certain herself."

I imagine that "... who the father was..." is a formal way of saying the same thing. Am I right?
I imagine that "... who the father was..." is a formal way of saying the same thing. Am I right?
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Selvakumar"No one knew who was the father, and probably Katie wasn't too certain herself."

I imagine that "... who the father was..." is a formal way of saying the same thing. Am I right?
The stress in the sentence will guide you. "No one knew who [was the father]" is fine. I don't
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Selvakumar"No one knew who was the father, and probably Katie wasn't too certain herself."

I imagine that "... who the father was..." is a formal way of saying the same thing. Am I right?
What you suggest is the grammatically correct alternative. In an affirmative clause the subject precedes the m
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I guess you mean to say that "who is the father" is not grammatically correct.
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Neeraj JainI guess you mean to say that "who is the father" is not grammatically correct.
I am not sure who your post is directed at. If it's meant for me, I must say you have guessed wrong. Who is the father? is grammatically correct in direct questions. It is wrong in affirmative clauses, as I explained in my previous post.

CB
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