what is the meaning of the sentence i wondered if + present . . . If i wondered if a polite form that is equal to i wonder if but why then love felt like? And so on and if it was the meaning of this is clear ,but why then i did not want it to end Isn't it more logical to use present in this sentence?
What is the difference among these: (I was wondering vs I wondered vs I . . . A moment ago I wondered if you could explain them to me I wondered yesterday if you would visit me today And: I had wondered if you could explain them to me "I had wondered" is in regard to a point of time way back in the past and is used when describing that action in comparison to the present or another point of time E g
I wondered what it was or I wondered what it were It's a question about the subjunctive mood Let's say you found out the name of a new object Which construction would be grammatically correct more frequently spoken? quot;I wondered what it was
Should I backshift with If you ever wondered. . . ? Where is he going? -> I wondered where he was going But when the question or statement is timeless, both present and past are possible: The Greek philosophers knew that the world is was round What does hell look like? -> Have you ever wondered what hell looks looked like?
word order - English Language Learners Stack Exchange Have you ever wondered who the people are you see every day on the way to work? As far as I know, in similar questions like the one above, if there is an auxiliary verb, it should be placed at the end of the sentence (indirect questions); however, this structure is quite new to me Is there a reason why?
I wonder what they are doing or I wonder what are they doing? Both can be correct The first would certainly be the most common usage The second could still be used though - usually involves a pause after wonder and you could almost imagine what are they doing in quotation marks Thus I wonder, "What are they doing?" Possibly more as a verbal thought or ponderance Maybe you can hear somebody making a lot of noise and you wonder "what on earth are they
usage - I wonder if the sentence is grammatically correct? I wonder . . . Predicator - wondered - verb Complement - who it was defined man as a rational animal - subordinate open interrogative clause Because the interrogative clause is subordinate it does not have the same word order as it would in a main clause Here is the main clause version of that same clause: Who was it defined man as a rational animal?
I wonder what I (will or would) be doing in three years time? -1 In the current context, "will" is the appropriate keyword The keyword "would" would have been appropriate if the sentence was a type of indirect speech: I wondered what I would be doing in 3 years time