We already did it in class. However she gave another HW. Embedded questions: word order and punctuation. Complete the conversation by changing the direct questions in parentheses to embedded questions. Use correct punctuation. A: Do you know if

Hi Eddie Your exercise would be easier to do (and would probably also make more sense to you) if you knew who had actually asked the question. As Avangi mentioned, if you don't know that, you will have to invent something. When you report a

Yes, they are indirect quesitons. We do not put question marks after these statements. Here is a version with direct questions. These need a question mark, and inverted subject/verb word order. Regarding the classes, how many students will there

Hi, A. "Can someone explain to me how do I know when to use this instead of that?" Not OK. B. "Can someone explain to me how I know when to use this instead of that?" OK. As a direct question " how do I know when to use

I'd just say, I don't remember the last time I went to the movies. The when was just confuses the issue. But if the question is really about word order in an indirect question, then here's a shorter example. Wrong: I don't remember

. It is not an embedded question for the reason that I gave you in your other post. The word order is that of a direct question.

Hi pjyrdo Here 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

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

Can I say this rule - "Subject and Object can never come next to each other" No, because the word order is different in an indirect question: I wonder whom you are going to marry and in a relative clause: She is the woman whom you are going to

Hi Anthon Please capitalize I. Neither sentence is correct. Indirect questions should have the same word order as affirmative clauses: I didn't know what I could do for him. I didn't tell him what I saw . The subject is before the finite verb .