1. Does anyone know what a smartphone is?
2. Does anyone know what is a smartphone?
a. Does anyone know who the biggest producer of Symbian smartphones is?
b. Does anyone know who is the biggest producer of Symbian smartphones?
2006-11-29 07:07:36 · 10 answers · asked by cityexplorer 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The first person had the right idea that in grammatical formality it is not preper to end a sentence using is, but they stated "is" is a preposition. That is not correct just for reference. It is a linking verb in that sense. and so 2 and b are the correct (grammatically)answers as people before me have said, but in informal speech, the others would sound more understandable.
2006-11-29 07:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by Alexandra 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 and a
2006-11-29 07:53:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 and b
2006-11-29 10:27:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jacqueline B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 and a.
2006-11-29 07:12:29 · answer #4 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly 1 and a, because these are ‘reported questions’ (like in reported speech)
2 and b are definitely wrong in a correct language because: What is a smartphone? is a real question.
The only way to save this sentence would be: “Does anyone know: What is a smartphone?” Doesn’t sound very elegant, does it?
Grammatically clear, but help me: WHAT is a smartphone?
2006-11-29 08:21:42 · answer #5 · answered by saehli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's poor grammar to end a sentence in a preposition, 2 is correct. (However, 1 works just as well and is more often said by natives who will ignore this rule.)
Both A and B are correct but, because of the reason I mentioned above, B is "more correct".
2006-11-29 07:11:28 · answer #6 · answered by Belie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
nicely in quantity a million, i do no longer think of that works nicely. I mean wandering and looking out forward to to be helped. i might substitute it to a minimum of something like "We have been wandering for hours, lost, hoping to be helped, wanting to circulate returned domicile. quantity 2, i'm inferring you're saving money for the holiday, yet it is not clean the type you articulate it. i might say " They had to maintain some money, so as that they might circulate on a visit next Sunday." in case you extremely had to contain keen you may pondering breaking it up into 2 sentences consisting of "They had to maintain some money, to circulate on a visit next Sunday. They have been very keen."
2016-12-10 18:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well according to the stuff people don't tend to be taught,.. the sentences ending in "is" are not real,.. [ 2. & B. are proper, but we are victims of poor schooling]
... but according to how people really speak,..
1. & A. (really B but the people where I live would pick A in conversation)
2006-11-29 07:13:21 · answer #8 · answered by sailortinkitty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
between1,2 the answer is 1.
between a,b the answer is a.
2006-11-29 07:13:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 and a. "Is" is NOT a preposition ("in" and "on" are prepositions").
2006-11-29 07:20:37 · answer #10 · answered by thecoolmacdude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋