By Indirect questions

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: 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...

Re: indirect/direct questions

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?

Re: indirect/direct questions

<>I wrote that: "Where is Tom?" is a direct question and "Could you tell me where Tom is?" is an indirect question, and he didn't agree. I don't agree either. The entire sentence is not an indirect question. Indirect questions are always embedded. They...

Re: indirect/direct questions

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