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Re: Tense in conditional sentence

Hi, N2G,Besides in indirect questions (the examples previously given), if + will works also to indicate volition (or refusal in its negative form, "if + won't" ) or insistence, and, yes, it can be used at the beginning of a sentence. Here are the links to some other threads where...

Re: "depends on" usage

You can always use on. depends on.But when the subject is it and an indirect question follows, you can omit on, but you don't have to. It depends (whether / what / who / where / when / how) ... Note: It depends on the first person to arrive. (You can't leave out on here. There's...

Re: Indirect questions

In my observation it is common among speakers of Spanish attempting to speak English, but that's not a variety of English in the sense you intend, I'm sure. It's not correct grammatically. See Re: Question about question. Search the web for "indirect questions" and you...

Re: Question from non-native speaker that stumped

Hi pjyrdoHere are my comments:1. The word order is not the most natural. The time aspect is more typical at the end: "I don't know what I should do for three hours."2. 'In three hours' is frequently used to refer to a point in time that is three hours from now. (e.g....

Re: Indirect

Thanks GG!! So, the rule is to put the verb had been after (at the end) to make an indirect q. ? Otherwise, it's a direct question?

Re: short sentence

No. The question is: "What did you send me?"I'll have to defer, as always, to the grammar experts for the explanation.

Re: short sentence

Thanks guys. It was helpful. One more question. Is the direct question in my sentence: What sent you to me? You sent me something. So the word "what" is the object, and that's why we should reverse it, i.e., ....what you sent me, instead of "what did you send me"....

Re: 2 questions

Hi Philip Thanks for the answer, but you changed my sentence, I guess. I asked about: Who did see you? and not Who did you see? Can you think of any examples with WHAT (my originall post)? thanks

Re: Kindly tell which question format is right?

In a direct question you have to reverse the order What is he doing? In an indirect question you don't reverse the order Can you tell me what he is doing?

Re: indirect/direct questions

Hi NewguestLook at it this way: In the following sentences, the direct questions are in blue, and the indirect questions are in red:- What did she tell him? - Do you know what she told him? - I wanted to know what she told him.As Jim put it, an indirect question is embedded within a larger...