Timeline for Is the word order correct in "I'm not sure what is the right way" or is it only correct to say "I'm not sure what the right way is"?
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| Aug 18, 2023 at 12:14 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2023 at 0:35 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Related. | |
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| Feb 2, 2022 at 12:04 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Does this answer your question? Is the inversion in “Let’s see ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴀɴ ᴡᴇ do this” an error for “Let’s see ʜᴏᴡ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ do this”? | |
| Apr 19, 2020 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1251978908699942921 | ||
| Apr 19, 2020 at 19:20 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Jul 21, 2019 at 11:29 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | @alcas Eight years later, here I come to tell you that both sentences will be considered ungrammatical by many speakers, while many other speakers will find both grammatical. To me, they’re both quite ungrammatical, but I know people who would use both without a moment’s hesitation. | |
| Jul 27, 2017 at 7:47 | history | edited | herisson |
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| Dec 9, 2011 at 2:04 | vote | accept | Terry Li | ||
| Dec 9, 2011 at 1:16 | comment | added | alcas | It's not a duplicate because the sentence in that linked question is ungrammatical, but this one is grammatical. | |
| Dec 9, 2011 at 0:22 | answer | added | John Lawler | timeline score: 22 | |
| Dec 8, 2011 at 23:58 | comment | added | John Lawler | OK, if it's not gonna get closed out from under me, I'll answer it. | |
| Dec 8, 2011 at 23:16 | comment | added | user11550 | @JohnMLawler I don't know, that one is a bit different, about the positioning of we and can in that sentence. | |
| Dec 8, 2011 at 23:14 | comment | added | Terry Li | @JohnMLawler Haha funny. That was my question asked couple of days ago :) | |
| Dec 8, 2011 at 23:13 | comment | added | John Lawler | Suspected duplication. english.stackexchange.com/questions/50006/… | |
| Dec 8, 2011 at 23:04 | history | asked | Terry Li | CC BY-SA 3.0 |