There is sometimes confusion about when to invert the
subject and verb after question words such as when, where, why, and how. These
words can have two very different functions in a sentence. First, they can be
at the beginning of a question, and in this case the subject and verb that
follow are inverted.
What is the homework?
When can I leave?
Where are you going?
Also, these
words can join together two clauses, and in this case the subject and verb that
follow are not inverted.
I do not know what the homework is.
When I can leave, I will take the first train.
Do you know where you are going?
In each of these examples there are two clauses joined
by a question word. Notice that the subjects and verbs that follow the question
words what, when, and where are not inverted in this case.
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