{"id":1498,"date":"2016-09-09T20:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T02:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2020-04-17T19:36:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T01:36:02","slug":"embedded-questions-in-songs-u-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/embedded-questions-in-songs-u-know\/","title":{"rendered":"embedded questions in cool songs u know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>embedded questions<\/strong>, also called indirect questions, can be tricky for efl students. when a question is preceded by a short phrase, an embedded question is created. embedded questions\u00a0are not always questions;\u00a0frequently they are\u00a0statements. \u00a0in embedded questions, the subject should come before the verb. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">direct questions<\/span>, on the other hand, have the\u00a0verb before the subject.<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tv-embedded-questions.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1518\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tv-embedded-questions-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"tv embedded questions\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tv-embedded-questions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tv-embedded-questions-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tv-embedded-questions-210x140.jpg 210w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tv-embedded-questions.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>another application of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">embedded<\/span>: a flat screen\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">embedded<\/span> in the wall (boardandvellum.com)<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>some examples&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>haddaway<\/strong> song that is the soundtrack for the famous <em><strong>saturday night live<\/strong><\/em> sketch,\u00a0<em><strong>the roxbury boys<\/strong><\/em>, is a direct question:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>what <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">love<\/span>?<\/h4>\n<div style=\"width: 758px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1498-1\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/roxbury-boys.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/roxbury-boys.mp4\">https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/roxbury-boys.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>in contrast to the haddaway song, the title of this beloved <strong>foreigner\u00a0<\/strong>ballad is an embedded question<\/p>\n<h4><em>i wanna know <\/em>what <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">love<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>NOT\u00a0i wanna know <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what is love<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Foreigner - &#039;I Want To Know What Love Is&#039; [Official Music Video]\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/raNGeq3_DtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a couple years ago,\u00a0\u00a0<strong>michelle rodriguez<\/strong>, star of the <strong><em>fast and furious<\/em><\/strong> franchise, <strong><em>avatar<\/em><\/strong> and the <em><strong>machete<\/strong><\/em> movies answered some questions from fans online. one of the questions selected was this direct question<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>what<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8216;s<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">it<\/span> like being an actress who plays a lot of roles in a male dominated field?<\/h4>\n<p> though this is an opportunity for rodriguez\u00a0to <em><strong><\/strong><\/em> () about inequality in hollywood, she doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#AskMRod: What&#039;s it like being an actress who plays a lot of roles in a male dominated field?\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZnfNvOqg2mM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>simple plan<\/strong>&#8216;s lyrics for <strong><em>welcome to my life<\/em><\/strong> are way <em>bitchier\u00a0<\/em>and an embedded question that is similar to the one m-rod answered appears multiple times in the song<\/p>\n<h4><em>u don&#8217;t know<\/em> what <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">it<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8216;s<\/span> like\u00a0(to be like me)<\/h4>\n<p>u don&#8217;t know <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what&#8217;s it like<\/span> to be me would be a mistake.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Simple Plan - Welcome To My Life (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r0U0AlLVqpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<h6><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wedding-ringer-dougie-embedded-questions.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1520\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wedding-ringer-dougie-embedded-questions-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"wedding ringer dougie embedded questions\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wedding-ringer-dougie-embedded-questions-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/wedding-ringer-dougie-embedded-questions.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h6>\n<h6><em>josh gad and kevin hart doin the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dougie<\/span> in the movie\u00a0<strong>the wedding ringer<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>embedded questions can also be formed by a <strong>question word (who, what, where, when, why, which, how) + the infinitive of a verb.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>the title of<strong> cali swag district<\/strong>&#8216;s <em><strong>teach me how to dougie<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is an embedded question\u00a0containing the\u00a0question word <em>how\u00a0<\/em>and the infinitive verb form, <em>to dougie.\u00a0<\/em>the direct question would be\u00a0<em>how do u dougie<\/em>? it doesn&#8217;t appear in the song.\u00a0\u00a0<em>teach me <\/em><i><u>how do u dougie<\/u><\/i>\u00a0would be a weird-sounding (and grammatically problematic) title.<\/p>\n<p>the first rapped line of <em>teach me how to dougie<\/em>\u00a0is an embedded question that&#8217;s a\u00a0question. it says that people ask cali swag district member <strong>smoove<\/strong> to teach them the dougie.<\/p>\n<h4><em>they be , &#8220;smoove<\/em>, <em>can u teach me<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">how to<\/span> dougie?&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cali Swag District   Teach Me How To Dougie {Official Video}\" width=\"758\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PIHtUxnRN0c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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