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"What do you think is the correct answer?" OR
"What do you think the correct answer is?"
Which one is the correct sentence?
Thank you in advance!
Aug 14, 2023 1:39 PM
Answers · 5
1
The second one is correct because it is an embedded or indirect question - a question inside another question. Only the first question has an auxiliary verb or question word order. The embedded question doesn't.
August 14, 2023
Both are correct. The second has already been defended by others so I will say no more about it.
As for the first, it can be defended by regarding the core sentence as
"What is the correct answer?"
in which the subject is "what", "is" is the verb, and "answer" is the object. Into that sentence, we insert the phrase "do you think" to either modify the verb or merely act as an extraneous thought. Structurally, the sentence is identical to the sentence
"What in the world is the correct answer?".
August 14, 2023
What do you think?
Jun 8, 2025 9:19 AM
The second one is correct. Don't invert the subject and verb in imbedded questions, only in direct questions:
What is the correct answer?
Can you tell me what the correct answer is?
I would like to know what the correct answer is.
August 14, 2023
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