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📌 Common English Mistakes
indirect questions
❌ I have no idea what is this.
✅ I have no idea what this is.
📘 Grammar Tip: Statement Word Order in Indirect Questions
When we use indirect questions, we do NOT use question word order.
We use statement word order (Subject + Verb).
👉 Direct Question:
What is this?
👉 Indirect Question:
I have no idea what this is. ✅
(Not: what is this)
🔎 Rule:
Question word + subject + verb
✨ More Examples:
❌ She asked where is he.
✅ She asked where he is.
❌ Can you tell me what does it mean?
✅ Can you tell me what it means?
❌ I don’t know why are they late.
✅ I don’t know why they are late.
❌ Do you know where is the station?
✅ Do you know where the station is?
💡 Remember:
In indirect questions, there is no inversion.
No helping verb before the subject.
Wrong: why are you late
Right: why you are late (inside a sentence)
🎯 Practice Sentence:
Say it aloud today:
👉 “I don’t understand why this is happening.”
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