Which one of the following is the correct one grammatically?
- "Why is this book still important"
- "Why this book is still important"
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Sign up to join this communityBoth are grammatically correct, but one is a question, while the other isn't.
A question is asked:
Can you explain to me why is this book still important?
No question is being asked. In this case, one could expect a colon (:
) with an explanation on why this book is still important. Something like this:
Jonathan explained why this book is still important: "it's just essential to learning programming"
Or in a newspaper headline:
Ferguson explains why Manchester United is still the best football team in the world
So Joanna came to me and asked "Why is this book still important?" Well folks, I'm going to tell you exactly why this book is still important: Because I wrote it.