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An indirect question?



 
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An indirect question? #1 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2012 18:36 pm   An indirect question?
 

A very good grammar book tells us readers that the following sentence is an indirect question:

"I know what you did last night."

Do you agree and why? Is it really a statement rather than a question?

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Re: An indirect question? #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2012 19:41 pm   Re: An indirect question?
 

It doesn't seem like an indirect question to me since it is not requesting information of the other person. It just seems like a statement.
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An indirect question? #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2012 20:47 pm   An indirect question?
 

Thank you, Dozy, for the confirmation.
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