Learn English – “Should It be” Or “It Should Be” – What is the correct order

word-order

Are there grammar rules that indicate one of these two sentences has an incorrect word order? Is it possibly irrelevant in this case?

  1. We'd like to know what is its purpose, and when it should be used.

  2. We'd like to know what is its purpose, and when should it be used.

Best Answer

This is a case of question within statement.

what should I say? I don't know! ==> I don't know what I should say.

this is the case even if you have a coordinating conjunction (such as and in your case)

what should I say? How will he react? I don't know! ==> I don't know what I should say and How he will react.

Therefore, I'd say:

We'd like to know what its purpose is, and when it should be used.

is grammatical.

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