[Grammar] Tell me what is the name of your brother. Is this grammatically correct?

[Sahil Dhankhar]

This is not my homework. I want to clear some of my doubts regarding the sentences which look like a question but they are not. Kindly tell me the grammatical mistakes instead of "this could be written as this or that".


Tell me what is the name of your brother?
I want to know what is the name of your brother?
Tell me what is the name of your brother.
Tell me what the name of your brother is.

I know that the above sentences could simply be written as "Tell me the name of your brother" but I want to know which rule of grammar makes the above sentences wrong.

Similarly, what about following?

Tell me what do you want.
Tell me what you want.
Tell me who are you?
Tell me who you are.
Tell me when he goes to school.
I want to know who you are.
I want to know when he goes to school.When don't you do your work?


Is the "thanks" in the following sentence grammatically correct?
Thanks in advance.

 

[emsr2d2]

This is not my homework. I want to clear some of my doubts regarding the sentences which look like a question but they are not. Kindly tell me the grammatical mistakes instead of "this could be written as this or that". 1. Tell me what is the name of your brother? :cross: The question mark is wrong. So is the formulation of the sentence. It should be "Tell me what the name of your brother is" or "Tell me your brother's name".

2. I want to know what is the name of your brother? :cross: The question mark is wrong. So is the formulation of the sentence. It should be "I want to know what your brother's name is" or "I want to know your brother's name".
3. Tell me what is the name of your brother. :cross: The full stop is correct. The sentence should read "Tell me what the name of your brother is" or "Tell me what your brother's name is". Tell me what the name of your brother is. :tick: More naturally, "Tell me your brother's name".

I know that the above sentences could simply be written as "Tell me the name of your brother" but I want to know which rule of grammar makes the above sentences wrong.

Similarly, what about following?

Tell me what do you want.
Tell me what you want.
Tell me who are you?
Tell me who you are.
Tell me when he goes to school.
I want to know who you are.
I want to know when he goes to school.When don't you do your work?


Is the "thanks" in the following sentence grammatically correct?
Thanks in advance.
Yes.

See above. Please move the questions I have changed to light grey to a separate thread. There are too many questions for this thread.

 

[Sahil Dhankhar]

Thank you very much.

You have mentioned that "Tell me what the name of your brother is" is correct. So, based on this, is the following sentence also correct?

I want to know what the name of your brother is.


Also, based on your explanation I have come to this conclusion.

Tell me what do you want. It is wrong.
Tell me what you want. It is right.
Tell me who are you? It is wrong.
Tell me who you are. It is right.
Tell me when he goes to school. It is right.
I want to know who you are. It is right.
I want to know when he goes to school. It is right.
When don't you do your work? It is right.

Am I right?

 

[jutfrank]

I want to know what the name of your brother is.

Also, based on your explanation I have come to this conclusion.

Tell me what do you want. It is wrong.
Tell me what you want. It is right.
Tell me who are you? It is wrong.
Tell me who you are. It is right.
Tell me when he goes to school. It is right.
I want to know who you are. It is right.
I want to know when he goes to school. It is right.
When don't you do your work? It is right.

Am I right?

Yes, you've got it. Well done.

When you begin sentences with phrases like Tell me and I want to know, the word order of the following part changes. This is called indirect word order. If you want to study more, you could look up indirect questions.