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Fuerther wrote: The question is always the same: What are the demands of the customers and the markets?Can u also explain which it is, ie. a direct or indirect question please?Also, should the sentence directly above have a question mark? I.e., sentences which make offers and requests?Thx in...

Tell me what you think. This is a command, not a question. what means the thing that. It's not exactly a question word here. Tell me, Visit me, Photograph me, Invite me. These are all commands, not questions. 1. That is why we can't use this rule? (why means the reason that. It's...

When the direct question questions the subject (as in What's (What is) going on?) the order of subject and verb is exactly the same in the indirect question. Compare: What was happening when you arrived? (Nothing much was happening when I arrived.) (You fill in the missing subject in...

Throughout the conference we will be asking, "here do we stand on tax cuts?"

Direct questions require subject-verb inversion. This company is | taking | what initiatives? becomes What initiatives | is this company | taking? Indirect questions don't invert. I wonder | what initiatives | this company is | taking. CJ

You are right. It should be Please tell me what I must do. The subject (I) should precede the main verb since this is not a direct question.CheersCB

An embedded question (also called an indirect question) can be introduced by any question word. I have no idea how long the interview will take. Direct questions have a question mark (?), and the subject and the verb are inverted. How long will the interview take? (How long the...

You have a direct question here. Only the form with verb before subject is correct. It must be: What movies was she in ... ? CJ

Hi, I'm Asrar. I want to know the followings-1. The Structure of Wh questions in details.2. The Structure of Direct questions in details.3.The Structure of Indirect questions in details.I think a particular "Wh-" word(s) can be used for a particular verb. For instance:# You live in NY. Here NY is...

Hi, I'm Asrar. Sir, I want to know about 1. how "DIRECT QUESTIONS" are formed in details. 2. how "INDIRECT QUESTIONS" are formed in details.I'm having problem with theseand i need a lot of help.Moreover, i think certain "Wh-" words are used with certain verbs and i can't use "What" with regard...