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Example sentences for "indirect question"

  • For the use of #ut# in old Latin in sentences in which classical Latin would employ the indirect question, see 1791.

  • Indirect question: [I knew where his house was].

  • He asked where we were going (indirect question)].

  • The introductory whom is an interrogative pronoun, and the clause itself is called an indirect question.

  • An indirect question, on the contrary, has an +interrogative+ sense which may be seen by turning the question into the direct form.

  • An indirect question may be an adverbial clause.

  • Such a clause is called an +indirect question+.

  • When to quit business and enjoy their wealth is an indirect question.

  • The subject clause is here an indirect question.

  • Why they sing is an indirect question, here used as the principal term of a prepositional phrase.

  • The verb in a direct question is in the indicative mood, but the mood is subjunctive in an indirect question.

  • So, if we report a question instead of asking it directly, we have an indirect question.

  • In an indirect question the verb is in the subjunctive and its tense is determined by the law for tense sequence.


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "indirect question" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    appears from; blue line; book illustration; comitia curiata; dear father and mother; felt assured; five regiments; for although; four acres; gold reserve; half smiling; indirect discourse; indirect object; indirect question; indirect questions; indirect taxation; indirect taxes; indirectly elected; labor power; length they; one after; open warfare; perfect rest; she could; three tons; wife would