I NDIRECT Q UESTION When questions are restated or reported within other sentences, they are indirect questions The interviewer asked what interests you These questions do not end in question marks and usually do not vary or invert word order since they are not emphasizing anything or marking themselves as questions. Indirect questions usually include verbs that suggest they are reporting a question ask question “inquire,” and soon. Indirect questions are identical to other sentences in all other respects. See emphasis and order of words. Indirect questions can strike readers as weak because they don’t precisely record what has been asked. The interviewer asked if you are happy is not quite as accurate or certain aversion of several possible questions that might have been asked The interviewer asked, Are you happy Is he/she happy Is Kim happy Is anyone here happy?”
