1 Could you tell me who the best driver in the city is? 2 Who do you think the best person to ask about cars is? Isn't it exactly like sentence 4) ? No. Not exactly. The structures are different. who is in an indirect question in 1. who is in

Hello, Liveinsea, as the other contributors have pointed out, the difference in meaning is non-existent, at least this can be resumed after a substitution test: John bought Mary a book/John bought a book for Mary, but hasn't presented it to

Right. "The actors" would be the indirect object. Some might argue for the whole phrase, "an enthusiastic thumbs up" and some for the compound noun "thumbs up."

What is the general rule for this kind of phrasing? Invert subject and verb for direct questions. ( Where is the knife ? ) Do not invert for indirect questions. ( I have no idea where the knife is . ) In which room was the thing I was supposed to

when i I need to say "she" i I say "he" having slip of tongue, do es this ever happen to even to native speakers?? No. Very rarely, if ever. instead "tell me when he is leaving" i I may say "tell me when is he

subject,direct object,indirect object,predicate nominative,objcet of a preposition,direct address,appositive,or an abjective complement. These terms describe the functions that words take when used in sentences . They are not properties of

Those particular slips are ones that native speakers don't usually make. The most common native slips I hear are: irregardless (not a word, it's regardless) and supposably (pronounced supposedly). Misplacing the verb isn't a big deal.

i have a question about using pronouns.sometimes i can use them wrongly without noticing, i mean when i need to say "she" i say "he" having slip of tongue,do this ever happen to even native speakers?? also while speaking and

Thanks, Amy. Is there any situation the question form is preserved? I remember a thread somewhere in this forum discussed this but I don't know how to find it.

Hi Pter Yes, it's an indirect question, so the usual wording would be Please ask him what his preference is . The sentence itself is a command, not a question, in which the speaker instructs the listener to say this to a third person (i.e.