indirect

[hanuman_2000]

Sir,

1.I want to know what you are doing.

2.What are you doing?

3.What you are doing.


Sir(1) is called as indirect question as I read in a book ,but could not understand its meaning.

(2) is a direct question ,it is clear to me.

(3) it may be "indirect question" without any question word,means it could be "I want to know What you are doing."

Please help me.

Thanks.

[Alan]

#3 is not English. An indirect question exists only within the context of a full sentence, as in #1.