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What is the grammar term for the statements / questions with question words in them?

Like:

  • I don't know who you are.
  • Do I know where are you?

Or:

  • Do I know where you are?

I don't remember the rules of these sentences, and now I wanna google the term name but don't know it either.

In the first sentence, it's not in a question form but it's a statement with question words in it!

Best Answer

They are called reported questions with question words.

If there is a question with a question word in Direct Speech, (what, where, why, who, when, how) use this question word in Reported Speech. Again there is no auxiliary verb and the word order is like an affirmative sentence

  • Peter: “What time did the train leave?”
  • Peter asked me what time the train had left.
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