http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndirectQuestion/mrzg/post.htm#59047Fri, 03 Dec 2004 05:00:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:59047CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndirectQuestion/mrzg/post.htm#59047http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-59047.xmlIf you ask me a direct question, you say, "What are you doing?" <br />If you ask me an indirect question, you don't ask a question at all. You make a statement, but it's clear from the statement that you are asking a question. You say, "I would like to know what you are doing". If you would like to know what I am doing, it is very much like asking me "What are you doing?" But there is no question, only your statement of what you would like to know. That makes it an indirect question. <br /> <br /><img src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile [:)]" />http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndirectQuestion/mrzd/post.htmFri, 03 Dec 2004 04:55:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:59044hanuman_20001http://www.englishforums.com/English/IndirectQuestion/mrzd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-59044.xmlSir, <br /> <br />1.I want to know what you are doing. <br /> <br />2.What are you doing? <br /> <br />3.What you are doing. <br /> <br /> <br />Sir(1) is called as indirect question as I read in a book ,but could not understand its meaning. <br /> <br />(2) is a direct question ,it is clear to me. <br /> <br />(3) it may be "indirect question" without any question word,means it could be "I want to know What you are doing." <br /> <br />Please help me. <br /> <br />Thanks. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />