A Direct Question is a question in which the exact words of the speaker are used. It may be an entire sentence or a noun clause. It should begin with a capital and end with a question mark. If it is a direct quotation, it should be punctuated as such.

An Indirect Question is a question in which the exact words of the speaker are not used. It is always used as a noun clause. Neither quotation marks nor question marks should be used with it.

Exercise 188. Composition

Rewrite these sentences, changing direct questions to indirect. Sometimes you will wish to change the order of the sentence.

1. He asked me, "What are you doing?"

2. What are you thinking about? 1 wonder.

3. She inquired, "Who is that man?"

4. "Whose book is that?" she asked.

5. "Which is my book?" she asked.

Exercise 189. Composition

Rewrite these sentences, changing the indirect to direct questions:

1. Mary asked me what I wanted.

2. The king asked who would stand by him.

3. Every one was wondering who the stranger could be.

4. She inquired to whom she should give the money.

5. I wonder what the child is doing.

Exercise 190. Development

you, he, I, who, they, we, that, she, myself, whom, him, thou, each.

Tell in regard to each of these pronouns whether it represents the speaker, the person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken of.

You should discover that four of the pronouns in the list do not show when seen alone, that is, without the help of other words, which of the three they represent. Who, for example, may represent any one of the three. We may say, I who spoke to you, You who sit before me, or He who did this.

All the pronouns in the list except these four, - who, that, each, and whom, are called personal pronouns.