I am interested in the kind of questions in which word order is different from normal questions after we add "Do you know", May I ask"...
For example:
What is it? But after adding "Do you know" the word order is different:
Do you know WHAT IT IS
Or another example:
What is your phone number?
But: May I ask WHAT YOUR PHONE NUMBER IS?
Is there a grammatical name for bold sentences?
Thanks.
A type of question
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Re: A type of question
They are generally termed embedded noun clauses.