Paweł Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 Hello experts, I'm not sure about these two constructions: 1) Are you wondering what the major differences between cats and dogs are? OR 2) Are you wondering what are the major differences between cats and dogs? In my opinion only 1) is correct but I'm not sure. Can you help me with this? Regards, Paweł Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted January 21, 2020 Report Share Posted January 21, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 10:43 AM, Paweł said: Hello experts, I'm not sure about these two constructions: 1) Are you wondering what the major differences between cats and dogs are? OR 2) Are you wondering what are the major differences between cats and dogs? In my opinion only 1) is correct but I'm not sure. Can you help me with this? Regards, Paweł Expand I think both of the expressions are grammatically acceptable. They just slightly set another focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yong321 Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 I agree. Both are correct. But (1) is more common. (2) is correct because the answer can be "Such and such are the major differences ..." English uses the same word, "what", to start the clause regardless whether it acts as the object or subject in the clause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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