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No difference. They are just two different ways of saying the same thing, just as when one person says "unmarried man" and another says "bachelor". CJ

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?

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Nothing. The fireman sort of make up his own question and answered that instead of responding directly to the interviewer. You can't really blame him since the interviewer didn't ask a direct question, what with the whole "you came by honestly?" thing.

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 advise. Thanks a lot.

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...

Hi NG You are right. Indirect questions fall in three categories. 1. There is a word that can begin a clause but the word is not the subject . What did he say? - Tell me what he said. 2. There isn't a word that can begin a clause. If or whether must be used. Did he come in time? - Tell me...

Hi, How would I grammatically deconstruct the following sentence? Melinda wanted to know how long the trip would take. I may be WAAY off the mark but this is my attempt: A) Melinda is the subject. B) wanted is the main (transitive) verb. C) to know is the object, even though it is actually a...

Neither of these is a well-formed, complete sentence. __ The first ( when going to a party ) means it becomes dangerous to go to a party, it's time to think seriously about the situation. __ The second ( when to go to a party ) means the time at which you go to a party . It's a...

Conju n ction Does he know "when" the concert is starting? No. Interrogative pronoun in an indirect question. James had to retype his document "when" his computer crashed OK Kevin learned Japanese language "when" he was in Japan OK Verb I "was doing" my homework when...