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    wml
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    Default which one is correct??

    I dont know where it is.

    I dont know where is it.


    Can I ask who he is?

    Can I ask who is he?

    which ones are correct??

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    stary sky is offline Newbie
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    Default Re: which one is correct??

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    I think both are right

    It depens on the situation and the purpose of the sentence.
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    Default Re: which one is correct??

    Hi wml,
    Only *1 and 3 are correct. These are so-called reported questions, and the word order in them is direct.
    Where is Mary? ( a direct question)
    I wonder where Mary is. (a reported question, or maybe indirect question)
    He asks where Mary is. ( a reported question)
    Regards

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    Talking Re: which one is correct??

    in both examples the first example is correct.
    it is correct that after question words youy have to use question form, but not when these question words are connectors

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    Default Re: which one is correct??

    Wml,
    You can't have two negatives in a sentence:
    I don't know where it is - If you use 'where is it?' You have two negatives:
    a) I don't and
    b) where is
    This is incorrect
    So you need to say, "I don't know where it is'
    The same holds true for the other sentence.

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    wml
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    Default Re: which one is correct??

    thank you very much ^^

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