By Indirect questions, Direct questions

they will remember to bring the salads. / ... In the conditional patterns, the if-clause has a different (adverbial) nature, and doesn't take will If they (*will) give me a refund, I'll spend it on a new shirt. (* = ungrammatical)-- unless there is emphasis on some benefit to the...

This one leans much more toward that which.I work this out by substituting other indirect questions like whether It is permitted. If a large range of indirect questions doesn't work, I suspect that only that which is the correct interpretation.a description of whether it is permitted...

I {can / could} buy a house like that if I {save / saved} my money for a few years.{ } indicates correlated choices. (The first choice goes with the first choice; the second choice goes with the second choice.) CJ

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...

Not here. No. when to clauses are indirect questions, hence, they function as noun phrases:I didn't know when to change trains.Be sure to tell him when to change trains.They don't function as adverbs:*You have to walk when to change trains.*Be sure to read the posted signs when to...

1, They began asking us several months ago if we would stay. Not a conditional at all. if/whether we would stay is an indirect question.2. I said I would stay if I could do two shows a night.-- looks to be a type 2 conditional (unreal) Yes. Type 2.3. If there would be a church in this...

I'd just say,I don't remember the last time I went to the movies.The when was just confuses the issue. But if the question is really about word order in an indirect question, then here's a shorter example.Wrong: I don't remember when was it.Right: I don't remember when it...

.Yes and no; more sentence is needed. Here is an indirect question:He asked me how many people there are in Indonesia.

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...

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...