I wondered what are your plans? & I wondered what your plans are

Question

Are Both

"I wondered what are your plans?"

&

I wondered what your plans are."

Correct?

There is a little difference in the the existence of quotation mark.

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PerryW · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-09T07:17:56.623

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Yes, they do mean the same with the caveat that the first example

I wondered what are your plans?

Would normally require a comma

I wondered, what are your plans?

or a swap to

I wondered what were your plans (eg for the weekend)?

edited Jun 09 '16 at 07:17

answered Jun 09 '16 at 06:48

PerryW

Hi @Rathony maybe a line call, it's certainly not indicative. As I understand it, the Subjunctive mood (and I only really got into it after I started to learn French) can be used in cases where something is anticipated but uncertain - relating to hypotheticals. Happy to be corrected though – PerryW Jun 09 '16 at 07:07
I think there's enough of a grey area there to make a good ELU conversation. Probably a bit OTT for here - I'll edit to avoid confusion – PerryW Jun 09 '16 at 07:17

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