http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aIndirect+questions+tag%3aPunctuation&tag=Indirect+questions,Punctuation&orTags=0Search results for 'tag:Indirect questions tag:Punctuation' matching tags 'Indirect questions' and 'Punctuation'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3140.34611)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SThereAnyDifference/zzrng/post.htm#442397Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:24:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:442397Yankee"<b><i>What are you doing?</i></b>" is a normal, direct question. <br>(Note the capitalization and the punctuation.<img src="/emoticons/emotion-5.gif" alt="Wink [;)]" />)<br><br><br>"<b><i>what you are doing?</i></b>" might be part of an indirect question such as the following:<br>"<i>Do you have any idea <b>what you are doing</b>?</i>"<br><br>http://www.englishforums.com/English/DoINeedACommaBeforeIs/bwnkc/post.htmSat, 13 Aug 2005 18:08:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:126754SpoonfedBabyDear Tutors,<img src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile [:)]" /><br> <br> I hope that everybody is having a nice week-end.<br> <br> I have a punctuation problem for this type of sentence:<br> <blockquote>One thing I have difficulty adapting to in English, is the pronunciation.&nbsp; <br> But the first question, is "Where was she born?"<br> </blockquote> Do I need a comma before "is?" Am I right to end the second sentence with an interrogation mark? I think I don't need the interrogation mark if it is an indirect question.&nbsp; But I don't know if it is a direct or an indirect question.<img src="/emoticons/emotion-40.gif" alt="Hmm [^o)]" /><br> <br> Thanks in advance,<br> <br> SFB<br> <br> <br> <br>