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indirect questions
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teacherica5
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indirect questions
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Hi, everyone!!!
I know that if the direct question contains do, does or did, we omit it in the indirect question, but this sentence sounds so weird to me...
"Do you like spring?"
Tell me if you like spring? I would add OR NOT to this sentence?? or like this: Could you tell me if you like spring?
Is it correct or not? please help :)
thanks
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25 Mar 2012
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Mariethe House
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Both Your sentences are perfectly correct. If you want to add a negative, I �d say:
Tell me if you like or if you don �t like spring .
Tell me if you like spring or if you don�t!
Personnally I do! ;o)
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25 Mar 2012
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mariec
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Why not?
She asked me if I liked spring. |
25 Mar 2012
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yanogator
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I �m sorry to have to tell you that Mariethe �s answers aren �t quite correct. First, "Tell me if you like spring" should end in a period, not a question mark, since it is an imperative sentence. "Tell me if you like or if you don �t like Spring" is grammatically correct, but a native speaker wouldn �t say it that way, mainly because of the missing object of the first "like". We are much more likely to say "Tell me if you like spring or not" than "Tell me if you like spring or if you don �t". Bruce |
25 Mar 2012
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kodora
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I think that if you want to add not to the sentence you should say:Tell me whether you like spring or not.
Dora
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25 Mar 2012
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Mariethe House
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"Do you like spring?" is actually the simplest, and most natural way to say it in English.
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26 Mar 2012
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