Understanding whether a verb is the main verb or not can help tell me if a group of words is a clause or phrase . Subject (noun phrase): understanding whether a verb is the main verb or not Verbs: Modal verb: can Bare infinitve: help Bare

What is the difference between an interrogative pronoun introducing an indirect question (as you said) and a question word? No difference. They are just two different ways of saying the same thing, just as when one person says "unmarried

Hi, What is the difference between an interrogative pronoun introducing an indirect question (as you said) and a question word? Can an interrogative pronoun introduce a direct question too?

... discovers what these ... codes tell us ... There are two possible interpretations. 1. what is an interrogative pronoun introducing an indirect question, i.e., an embedded question ( What do these ... codes tell us ...? ) 2. what is a fused

Hi, im so lost so what is a direct qoutation When you give a direct quotation, you are telling us the exact words that someone said or wrote. Best wishes, Clive

My teacher said that sentence is the "active voice" of the first se n tence Either: Your teacher is wrong. Or: You misunderstood what your teacher said. _____ The active form of Who was that remark aimed at? is Who did someone aim that

The verb wonder takes an embedded indirect question. The direct question is: Who was that remark aimed at? The corresponding indirect question is: ... who that remark was aimed at .. . Therefore, you need to place the indirect question after

Could you explain to me what is the meaning of "X"? Strictly speaking, incorrect but often used. Could you explain to me what the meaning of "X" is? Correct . Could you explain to me what the difference in the meaning between

Hi Ok, I get it, but now I have another question. 2 and 4 (indirect questions, I suppose) are incorrect because I wrote: "what are" and "what is," however, 5 is correct although I wrote "what is"???? Why not:

In a indirect question, we have verb follow the subject of the noun clause. Such as: I don't know who she is. But quite often we see sentence like: Can anyone tell me who is the winner? Is that a mistake, or is it also acceptable? Please