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Y'all tin apply these rules to give you some thought which form to use:

I can observe the books = a statement (Ruddy = personal pronoun - Blue = verb )

Tin can I detect the books = a question (and should exist followed by a question mark = ? )

Also:
'Tell me' = an imperative/an order.
Information technology is rude or agressive to follow an imperative with a statement.
This may be appropriate in a armed services setting, but non in common speech.

Nosotros tin can brand 'tell me' more than polite by turning information technology into a question:

Can yous tell me where... ?

The rule 'do not follow an imperative with a argument' is reversed for a question:
'consummate the sub-clause of a question in the argument form'

This sub-clause is also a blazon of wh- clause in grammar books.
You lot could also await up: subordinating conjunction of identify

1st Clause ... Conjunction 2nd (Wh -)clause:

(Can you)Tell me ... where ... tin I/I tin can detect the books

I notice that mrr5052 has pointed out the manner in which we can reduce the stress on 'tell me' to brand information technology sound less impolite. Annotation that this is only in spoken English.

Last edited: November 11, 2008

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