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Old 05-Apr-2008, 17:26
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Default Re: which is qhe correct way to ask and why

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Originally Posted by Secondtongue View Post
I have seen the same question but written in a different way. I guess only one of the following is grammatically correct. Please tell me which and why?
a. What did you say was your name?
b. What did you say your name was?

It seems that both a) & b) in fact consists of 2 questions, "What is your name?" & "What did you say?". Is better not to merge 2 questions into one?
A is acceptable in colloquial speech
B is always correct
What I hear is "What did you say your name was (again)?"
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