rewriting

[allthewayanime]

Would it be correct if I rewrite this sentence 'Search for what is the real strength' as 'Search for what the real strength is'? Does anything change?

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes and no.

 

[allthewayanime]

But isn't it an indirect question? Shouldn't it be subject + verb + obj.? As ' I want to know where you come from'?

 

[bhaisahab]

But isn't it an indirect question? Shouldn't it be subject + verb + obj.? As ' I want to know where you come from'?

"I want to know from where you come" is equally correct. Admittedly it's rare in current usage, but that doesn't make it incorrect.

 

[allthewayanime]

How would it be in current usage?

 

[Barb_D]

In current usage, "where you come from" is far more common than "from where you come."

 

[mikelynn]

Hi, I'm afraid that the allthewayanime was worried about the position of the verb - word order if you will - rather than the preposition.

Would it be correct if I rewrite this sentence 'Search for what is the real strength' as 'Search for what the real strength is'? Does anything change?

Well, I might be wrong, but that's the feeling I got having read the query.

M&L