Timeline for "What's" in indirect questions
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Apr 19, 2020 at 19:15 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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| Oct 2, 2012 at 4:31 | vote | accept | Noah | ||
| Sep 14, 2012 at 17:13 | answer | added | Fausto Nagai | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 15:33 | answer | added | John Lawler | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 13:47 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | Possible duplicate of “I'm not sure what the right way is” Also related: Changing subject and verb positions in statements and questions | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 12:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/246579334138167296 | ||
| Sep 14, 2012 at 11:29 | answer | added | Alex | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:52 | history | edited | Noah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:52 | answer | added | Edwin Ashworth | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:40 | comment | added | Noah | @J.R.: Fixed those.Thanks for the input. Sorry for not properly analyzing them. | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:39 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | Related: english.stackexchange.com/questions/81568/… | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:38 | answer | added | Armen Ծիրունյան | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:36 | history | edited | Noah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:35 | comment | added | J.R. | Your example is a little confusing to me. Do you mean (a) The book doesn't ask, "What's the wisdom behind education?" or (b) The book doesn't answer, "What's the wisdom behind education?" (When I initially read your first quote, I assumed you meant (a), but after I read the second quote, I began to wonder if you meant (b) instead.) As for the third way you phrase it, that may be an acceptable construction, but it still reads awkwardly; I'd be inclined to get rid of the "what's", and use a more precise verb than "say": "The book doesn't explain the wisdom behind education." | |
| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:28 | history | edited | Noah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 14, 2012 at 10:11 | history | asked | Noah | CC BY-SA 3.0 |