In Direct questions^x, Pronouns^x

This is not a mandatory rule It s something which is often done thus to me optional per Swan Which part is not mandatory I may have misunderstood but I m assuming the rule you are referring to is will cannot be used in a when clause where when is an adverbial conjunction I don t believe there s...

1 Whoever wins will be expected to take the rest of us for a meal 2 I don t know who knows the truth whoever fused relative pronoun equivalent to he who has the semantic component no matter who it is or anyone who The first sentence means The person who wins no matter who it is will be expected...

A knock on the door Mr Ko Who is it No answers Mr Ko opens the door and finds no one at the door so he closes it A little later he hears another knock on the door Mr Ko Who is it Again he opens the door and finds no one out there A minute later he hears yet another knock Mr Ko Who is it knocking...

With to be there won t be an object so yes I agree that there won t be a case of who to be where who functions as the object But change object to predicate complement and you will find cases where who functions as predicate complement To borrow from the thread mentioned above note that subject...

I agree with Lib when the subject of your sentence is actually the interrogative pronoun you don t change the word order For example What does it mean What does it mean is the direct question Do you know what it means is the indirect question You invert the word order because what is not your...