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Vanessa García
Can I use ..?
1) Could you tell me where the post office is?
and
2) Could you tell me where is the post office.
Thanks.
29 apr 2013 20:07
Risposte · 4
1
Number 1 is correct.
29 aprile 2013
1
Your sentence #1 sounds much better in English. You could also ask: "Where is the post office?" or "Do you know where the post office is?"
29 aprile 2013
Thanks Peachey :-)
29 aprile 2013
Only 1) is correct because we only use one reversal (as in a question form) per sentence. "Could you tell me" is your question, so the statement following the question word must have a normal word order. 2) is a broken sentence because you've started a new question without finishing the first question. Even without a grammatical analysis, 2) simply sounds wrong and disorganised.
29 aprile 2013
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Vanessa García
Competenze linguistiche
Inglese, Spagnolo
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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