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I've got two questions for you.

Number one: I've always been confused about what I call "a question in a question" (maybe there is a technical term for that but I don't know it). What I mean is... which one of these two sentences is correct?

1) Can I ask you where are you from?

or

2) Can I ask you where you are from?

Then I have a second question which is quite similar to the first one: should I say

a) I would like to ask you where you are from

or

b) I would like to ask you where are you from

Thanks for your help.

user44626
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  • None of those four alternatives will elicit any useful information. The answer to 1 and 2 is either "Yes" or "No" and a and b are not questions. Just ask the question. – Andrew Leach May 21 '13 at 13:52
  • I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.. I just gave 4 examples because I thought it would help people better understand my question. Basically what I would like to know is: when I have a question which is actually made up of two questions, am I supposed to put both of them in the interrogative form or should the second one be in the affirmative word order? That's the question behind 1) and 2)... – user44626 May 21 '13 at 14:15
  • See Changing subject and verb positions in statements and questions: "only move the verb ahead of the subject within a main clause." – Andrew Leach May 21 '13 at 14:25

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