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I have been knowing that word order remains unchanged for a subjective question. For instance:
"Who are you?"
The above is an interrogative sentence. According to the rule the embedded question should be -
"I don't know who are you "
But, I found on internet that "I don't know who you are " is being used more.
Which one is correct?
1) I don't know who you are . 2) I don't know who are you.
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"I don't know who you are" is a declarative sentence making a statement about my knowledge. It can imply a question, but is not actually a question.
"I don't know; who are you?" is a compound sentence that would be a response to a question and a question in return. You need the punctuation to be be grammatically correct.
