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Who can tell me what day is it today? Or Who can tell me what day it is today? Which is correct grammatically?

Yavar
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"what day it is today" is a noun clause in your sentence, the direct object of the verb tell, and thus cannot be in an interrogative form. so your second sentence is the way to go.

Uhtred Ragnarsson
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  • I wouldn't go along with that. "what day it is today" is a subordinate content clause (embedded question) functioning as complement of "tell". It means "Who can tell me the answer to the question 'What day is it today?' " – BillJ Mar 17 '19 at 09:46
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In direct questions, the subect and the verb (or auxiliary) are usually inverted:

What day is it today.

In indirect questions, they are not usually inverted:

Who can tell me what day it is today.

Colin Fine
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