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Grammar referenceb2
Question Forms
Indirect and Polite Questions
Embedded questions keep statement order.
Explanation
When a question is embedded in another sentence, the word order becomes that of a statement and the auxiliary do disappears. This is standard after phrases such as could you tell me, do you know and I wonder.
Examples
- Could you tell me where the station is?
- Do you know when the shop opens?
- I wonder whether they have arrived.
Common mistakes
Could you tell me where is the station?
Could you tell me where the station is?
Embedded questions use statement order.
Do you know when does the shop open?
Do you know when the shop opens?
Drop the auxiliary.
I wonder if have they arrived.
I wonder whether they have arrived.
Statement order after whether.