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thank you, Jim. Diamondrg wrote: Which one(s) is / are correct? 1- I’ll take ---- wants to go. A) who B) whoever 2- Could I speak to ---- is in charge of International Sales please? A) whoever B) who 3- He wants to know ---- is in charge of the company? A) who ...

Diamondrg wrote: What about these? 1- I'll take whoever wants to go. (Longman) 2- I'll take who wants to go. 3- I don't know who knows the truth. 4- I don't know whoever knows the truth. What is the rule governing their use? do you think these are all correct? In an earlier thread,...

These are indirect questions, not relative clauses. Neither clause type should have subject-verb inversion. Direct questions are the ones with inversion (unless the subject is the question word). Who is he? (Subj: he, Verb: is; direct question so verb, then subject: "is he") I know who he...

Dear Mr. P., I'm a bit flakey when it comes to proper terms. Join the club! I wonder if we're allowed ... Sometimes one must seize authority! Anyway, it seems that you find the "X is Y" formula to have no directionality. It is like an hourglass to you. It matters not whether it's...

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...

If I dont' understand wrong, in the question: Who are you? who is the object, because the indirect question is: I don't know who you are.(In an indirect question, subject and verb are not inverted). The same thing occurs with: Whose books are these? changes to I don't know whose these books are.

Hello again dear Teachers, I would like to change my direct question to an indirect question. When I registered my aunt at the gym, I asked them, “Are you going to give her money back if she doesn’t like it?” How do I do to switch further back the verb tense of “if she does not like...

Normally you don't invert subject and verb in an indirect question. I don't remember who the father is or who the son is. However, in everyday speech we often make a little pause and use the direct question: I don't remember: Who's the father and who's the son? (Note how the "or" and...

Hello guys I'm a non-native anonymous poster. But I'd like to throw my two cents. Children begin to learn the norm before their linguistic skills are far enough developed to understand a verbal description of what they are learning. This kind of learning has sometimes been called 'imitation',...

Hello. Thanks to HaffiezMike. I am still confused. ( A ) I don't remember who the father is, and who is the son. ( B ) I don't remember who the father is and who the son is. In the sentence A, "who is the son" sounds like a direct question. The verb "is" is placed in front of the...