By Constructions, Direct questions

Only one s in present!!! You can't use will with the stative verbs in this construction: } _______Your example with make sure does not belong to the pattern above. There's no indirect question.Make sure (that) you come back soon.A make sure that pattern is not followed by a future...

Goodman wrote: Yankee wrote:Did you read the rest of my post, MrC? I attempted to make it clear why YL's sentence works.The danger in stating absolute rules in prescriptive grammar is that doing so doesn't allow for legitimate exceptions.For example, many grammar books state that the word...

Yankee wrote:Did you read the rest of my post, MrC? I attempted to make it clear why YL's sentence works.The danger in stating absolute rules in prescriptive grammar is that doing so doesn't allow for legitimate exceptions.For example, many grammar books state that the word 'would' may not be...

When I asked this, I thought you might reply that it relates to the term or idea of 'a location'. You surprised me by answering in my grammar the clause in bold is an indirect question, not a relative clause. I don't see it as any kind of question at all. Would you also see I know where the pen...

Dear teachers, Would you please correct my answers? But before that I’d like to ask you if I understood the meaning of the underlined expressions or ideas. Furthermore, I’d like to ask British teachers if they confirm what she says about the “British thing” and give me more elements about this...

Rishonly wrote: Anonymous wrote: "i don't know when he'll..."...we can't use "will..". Hi, Your example is fine to me and it doesn't violate any grammar rules. The tricky part is identifying the function of "when" in sentences. If "when" is used as a time adverbial conjunction in a...

Anonymous wrote: "i don't know when he'll..."...we can't use "will..". Hi, Your example is fine to me and it doesn't violate any grammar rules. The tricky part is identifying the function of "when" in sentences. If "when" is used as a time adverbial conjunction in a sentence, then...

Regarding the subject of direct or indirect questions, I have seen on numerous occasions a construction where a direct question ending with a "?" follows a colon. Surely (I'm thinking) that would be an indirect question, so shouldn't end with a question mark, for example: "Throughout...

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...

I've recently learned that the future tense should rarely be used in a "when" or other clause indicating the future The objection to future tense with when (and other subordinating conjunctions of time) only applies to the case where when introduces a subordinate clause (adverbial clause of...