Can an indirect question be the subject of its governing clause?

1. What are the rules for indirect questions?
2. How do you identify an indirect question?
3. How do you identify an indirect question in Latin?
4. Which is not used at the end of an indirect question?

What are the rules for indirect questions?

In indirect questions the order is subject + verb. There are other expressions that follow the same rule: I don't know what he is doing here. I wonder when he will find the truth.

How do you identify an indirect question?

You should notice two things about the indirect question: First, it begins with the phrase “Can you tell me…?” Second, the rest of the question -- where MacDougal Street is -- does not use the verb-subject word order of a normal question. It uses the word order of a statement and it is a noun clause.

How do you identify an indirect question in Latin?

To create an indirect question in Latin, use the question word that started the original direct question as a conjunction, and then put the whole thing into subjunctive, using the sequence of tenses rules we just learned.

Which is not used at the end of an indirect question?

But a question mark is not used in an indirect question, in which the speaker's exact words are not repeated: She asked if I had a pen she could borrow.