| Former-Teacher | Date: Saturday, 25.12.2010, 11:22 | Message # 1 |
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| Dear Netters! I often see you make mistakes in using this simple rule.
In Reported Questions we use affirmative word order and the question mark is omitted. E.g.:
He said, "Where did she work?" - He asked where she had worked.
He said, "Do you have a new car? - He asked me if I had a new car.
We use Indirect Questionswhen we ask for information but do not report somebody's questions.
Indirect Questions are usually introduced with 'Could you tell me...?", 'I wonder....", I want to know ...".
The verb in the second clause in in the affirmative, i.e. the word order is not interrogative. E.g.:
He asked me, "How old are you?" - He asked me how old I was. - Do you know how old he is?
He asked me, "Where has he gone?"- He asked me where he had gone. - I wonder where he has gone. - Could you tell me where he has gone?
So, these sentences were written incorrectly.
But can it be explained somehow what did humans need religion for?
I think that it should offend true Christians - a person who doesn't know why does he wear their sacred symbol..
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