Thread: (It`s very difficult to compute how much an item costs in dollars
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Old 13-Nov-2005, 14:26
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Default Re: (It`s very difficult to compute how much an item costs in dollars
It's an embedded question- the first uses a question word order, but you are not asking a question, but describing the situation- you don't want the listener to tell you the answer.

PS, I'd prefer 'calculate' instead of 'compute'.
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