:I think by saying he wants " indirect questions " he might mean he wants an idea as to how to inconspicuously determine whether some person regularly reads books ( in English ).
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It is also possible in indirect questions for a relative clause or a headless relative clause including a question word to be substituted for a noun clause, if an oblique hearer-object is present:
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:: Anyway, the name of the basic construction involved is " indirect question " ( not much about this on Wikipedia, apparently ) . talk ) 05 : 27, 3 July 2014 ( UTC)
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The subjunctive is often translated with'should','could','would','may'and so on, but in certain contexts, for example indirect questions or after the conjunction " cum "'when'or'since', it is translated as if it were an ordinary indicative verb.
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Indirect questions ( or " interrogative content clauses " ) are subordinate clauses used within sentences to refer to a question ( as opposed to " direct questions ", which are interrogative sentences themselves ).
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Notice how, in English ( and in some other languages ), different syntax is used in direct and indirect questions : direct questions normally use subject-verb tense and other changes that apply generally in indirect speech.
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:See Content clause # Interrogative content clauses, noting particularly the statement that " direct questions normally use subject-verb inversion, while indirect questions do not " . talk ) 12 : 39, 25 November 2013 ( UTC)
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For example, in English and some other languages, indirect questions are formed without inversion of subject and verb ( compare the word order in " where are they ? " and " ( I wonder ) where they are " ).
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These are used as subordinate clauses in sentences such as " I wonder where my keys are " and " Ask him where my keys are . " Indirect questions do not necessarily follow the same rules of grammar as direct questions.
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It's an indirect question . " Who is the culprit ? " " Where are you staying ? " " How great is a mother's love ? " That's the question order, and other languages preserve it in an indirect question, English doesn't.
