By Grammar, Direct questions

Yes, you are absolutely right! It is indeed indirect speech (I realized it later after reading more) and then we don't use auxiliary "do" in indirect questions.But I found this to be a tricky one. Yes, I have Swan's book but he doesn't mention that we can use auxiliary do...

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....

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

Hi But these sites http://www.eslbase.com/grammar/indirect-questions http://www.eslau.ca/lesson/unit13.php in my opinion say something else. What did she tell her?

Indirect questions can be either questions within questions (as in your example) or questions within reported speech (as in your friend's example).Look at this link:http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/archive/indirect_questions.html

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...

Thanks MariusCertain things you taught me are engraved in my memory. You are very good at English grammar.I have two more questions.1) It is correct to say he/she is an asthmatic.2)If a person is suffering from rheumaitsm, is it correct to say he/she is rheumatic? Is...

I have written an essay. It is for the law subject at undergraduate level. I am not a native English speaker.Could someone help me and check my essay for grammar and other errors?Many...

Hi, Can I say, "I would like to know who wrote the Bible"?, Yes. But in terms of grammar, this is in the form of a statement, not in the form of a direct question. or it should be "I like to know who wrote the Bible"? No, this is not correct. Best wishes, Clive