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Hi CB, I share many of the basic opinions you have expressed. I, too, learned my grammar as a schoolboy. I think that in many ways, we spend the rest of our lives as 'prisoners' of what we originally learned. As you do, and although I teach English for a living, I often see grammatical...

Clive wrote:Would you call this a relative clause? I don't know where the pen is. What would you say it relates to?Hi CliveI learned my grammatical terminology as a schoolboy and as far as I can remember most of the terms I learned were applicable to all the languages I studied. There were/are...

Clive wrote:I don't see any of these as relative clauses. They are noun clauses. eg noun clause I read what he wrote.eg relative clause I read the letter which he wrote. Here, which he wrote is relative (ie relates to) the noun 'letter'. I don't see any indirect questions, either. Hi...

Hi, Can you tell me which sentence has "Relative Clauses," or which one has "Indirect Questions"? And if you can, can you tell me WHY? I don't see any of these as relative clauses. They are noun clauses. eg noun clause I read what he wrote.eg relative clause I read the letter which he wrote....

How about #1&2, indirect questions #3-6, Relative Clauses But I'm not sure.

Let me ask a tricky Question. Each sentence below has what clause. Can you tell me which sentence is "Relative Clauses," or which one is "Indirect Questions"? And if you can, can you tell me WHY? ① This shows what Earth would look like from outer space. ② But first, a genetic...

"Do you know what did he say to me last week?"Too many subject-verb inversions! You may want to see Post:274270 and Post:296571 to learn more about indirect questions (embedded questions). For a more complex discussion of the rules for forming these structures see Post:304410. CJ

Hi PuccaWhat did he say to her? = a direct question Do you know what he said to her? = an indirect question

Pucca wrote: Pucca wrote:"Do you know what did he say to me last week?"Hello Yankee, Would that sentence be wrong? Why so? I have just checked in my dictionary and it "says", or at least I understand, that it is a correct sentence! Why am I always wrong?Hi PuccaFirst of all, you are not always...

Hi,I want to do this, this and this, but I can't do this, this, and this. So, how to do that?Is that a very short way to express a doubt, ask an indirect question, ask something in very condensed style, or is that just Engrish? (yes, with the "r")I think it is ok as a title, like "How to distroy...