Learn English – Complex question starting with ‘I wonder’

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I want to ask about some plans, which I want to define in the question. And I want to start with I wonder. So something like:

I wonder what the plans for the next steps regarding the topic we discussed yesterday are.

Admitting the sentence is not beautiful, I wonder if it is grammatically correct. It seems to be, according to the British Council. But the verb in the end looks too much disconnected from the plans to me. However having a long immersion into German, where it would be correct, I can neither find a better form nor actually recall whether it's correct to do the same in English.

So, is the phrase above correct?

Best Answer

In line with the commenters above, I find your sentence grammatical but a little awkward (for the same reason you do).

I'd suggest either of these two variants, both of which place the verb 'are' somewhat closer to the subject of the sentence:

I wonder what the plans are for the next steps regarding the topic we discussed yesterday.

I wonder what the plans for the next steps are regarding the topic we discussed yesterday.