"What is in your box?" I asked. vs I want to know what is in the box.

Tan Elaine · Aug 4, 2013

"What is in your box?" I asked.

I want to know what is in the box.

Can I say that in both sentences, there is no subject-verb inversion? If it isn't, can someone explain why?

Thanks.

Tan Elaine · Aug 5, 2013

Could someone please confirm? Thanks.

Rover_KE · Aug 5, 2013

You are correct. No inversion is necessary.

moonlike · Aug 5, 2013

Hi
It's a kind of subject question, so there's no need to make an inversion. For instance,'could you tell me who is your teacher'? and 'who is your teacher?' both are subject questions.

Hope I could help.

emsr2d2 · Aug 5, 2013

moonlike said:
Hi
It's a kind of subject question, so there's no need to make an inversion. For instance,'could you tell me who is your teacher'? and 'who is your teacher?' both are subject questions.

Hope I could help.

Except that the correct question is "Could you tell me who your teacher is?"

moonlike · Aug 5, 2013

emsr2d2 said:
Except that the correct question is "Could you tell me who your teacher is?"

So you mean I was wrong regarding the subject questions that there's no inversion? 'who is your teacher?' isn't a subject question?

Thanks

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