④Let me know whether or not you can come.
⑤I don't know if/whether he still lives there after so many years.
⑥We are interested in whether you will attend the meeting.
⑦Give me your promise that you will come to our party this evening.
⑧He has made it clear that he will not give in.
3.疑问词who, whom, whose, what, which, where, why, when, how
疑问词引导的名词性从句由特殊疑问句转化而来。它们的特点是:
(1)疑问词保留自己的疑问含义;
(2)疑问词在从句中担当句子成分,如主语、宾语、定语或状语;
(3)这种疑问词引导的从句一律用陈述语序,不能用疑问语序。
Do you know whom they are looking for?
你知道他们在找谁吗?
I don't know who did it.
我不知道这是谁干的。
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①I have no idea why Mike refused an offer from Yale University; that's one of his favorite universities.
②These shoes look very good. I wonder how much they cost.
③When the delayed flight will take off depends much on the weather.
④If it is what we need, we will buy it.
⑤The problem is who we can get to solve this question.
⑥A straw shows which way the wind blows.
⑦Have you decided whom you are to elect as your assistant?
⑧I wonder whose this is.
⑨I don't know where Lu Xun once lived.
4.whatever, whichever, whoever, whomever引导名词性从句的用法
whatever, whichever, whoever, whomever可引导主语从句、宾语从句和表语从句,并在从句中作主语、宾语和表语等。在此用法中whatever, whoever等在从句中通常不含疑问意义。whatever = anything that, whoever = anyone who。
I will just say whatever comes into my mind.
我想到什么就说什么。
Whoever breaks the rules will be punished.