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Old 12-Nov-2005, 07:08
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Exclamation (It`s very difficult to compute how much an item costs in dollars

Hello everyone,
Would you please tell me why this sentence is wrong?
(It`s very difficult to compute how much does an item cost in dollars )
This is the right one I think but I don`t know why?
(It`s very difficult to compute how much an item costs in dollars )

Thanks for your help,
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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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