"Do you know what is going on?"

[enwar3]

It sounds kind of awkward. "Do you know what going on is?" sounds like it makes more grammatical sense...

 

[Sluggo]

Just say WASSSSSUP!!

Basically the same thing.

 

[ChaoZ]

Originally posted by: enwar3
It sounds kind of awkward. "Do you know what going on is?" sounds like it makes more grammatical sense...

No, that sounds weird. I can't think of a sentence ending with "is".

 

[mugs]

Seriously? You think your way makes more sense? Linking verb at the end of the sentence?

 

[coldmeat]

The only way your way makes any sense it if you were asking what "going on" is.

 

[Saint Michael]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ

Originally posted by: enwar3
It sounds kind of awkward. "Do you know what going on is?" sounds like it makes more grammatical sense...

No, that sounds weird. I can't think of a sentence ending with "is".

That sentence ends with "is".

Edit: That one also ends with "is".

Edit 2: Oh shit...

 

[randay]

Can you tell me where it is?
That is not where it is.
Show me where it is.
It is what it is.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: randay
Can you tell me where it is?
That is not where it is.
Show me where it is.
It is what it is.

All wrong. F.

 

[enwar3]

Ok. Obviously I know "is" doesn't go at the end. I'm just saying it seems that, grammatically, "what" in a question form should take the place of "is". Nvm.

This started because I asked somebody "do you know what's going on" but thought that sounded awkward.

 

[destrekor]

Think word order is fun in English? Try Russian. Going from English to Russian is confusing as hell, as the word order basically doesn't matter, as long as key parts are in the correct place. Direct object, pronoun, and verb are basically the only things that matter. Reading back a Russian sentence and translating it directly can be confusing as hell. So much easier if your a native speaker. Learning Russian through the normal school method (using translation)? Ugh its a bitch.

+

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
The only way your way makes any sense it if you were asking what "going on" is.

+1

That sounds just weird... "Do you know what going on is?" means you dont know what "going on" is, not what is actually going on

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: enwar3
Ok. Obviously I know "is" doesn't go at the end. I'm just saying it seems that, grammatically, "what" in a question form should take the place of "is". Nvm.

This started because I asked somebody "do you know what's going on" but thought that sounded awkward.

Have another beer. In the morning, this will all be forgotten.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ

Originally posted by: enwar3
It sounds kind of awkward. "Do you know what going on is?" sounds like it makes more grammatical sense...

No, that sounds weird. I can't think of a sentence ending with "is".

Then you fail at English..as does the OP.

Example: Do you know what <insert noun> is?

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: enwar3
It sounds kind of awkward. "Do you know what going on is?" sounds like it makes more grammatical sense...

OP, would it help if you made what and is into the contraction "what's"?

"Do you know what's goin on?" I think that flows better as it's probably what people usually say.

 

[stinkynathan]

Do you know on what it is going?

 

[Foxery]

The trouble stems from using the two-word phrase "going on" as a direct synonym for "happening." On sounds like a preposition, and sentences can't end in prepositions; but "going on" is a verb phrase. I'm not sure if anyone from 19th Century England would have used this.

Better grammar (from our friends in the Victorian era) would be, "Do you know what is happening?" You can also cleanly change the tense of this to "has happened" or "will happen."

 

[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: Foxery
The trouble stems from using the two-word phrase "going on" as a direct synonym for "happening." On sounds like a preposition, and sentences can't end in prepositions; but "going on" is a verb phrase. I'm not sure if anyone from 19th Century England would have used this.

Better grammar (from our friends in the Victorian era) would be, "Do you know what is happening?" You can also cleanly change the tense of this to "has happened" or "will happen."

So, in other words, to answer the question: "do you know what going-on is?

It's happening. What's happening is what's going-on.

 

[KeithTalent]

Know what is going on, do you?

KT

 

[BrokenVisage]

What happens?

 

[mh47g]

Hows be the shizznit down here y0?

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Mother mother... music;

 

[MartyMcFly3]

I say Hey... What's going on????

 

[Chronoshock]

The sentence lacks a complete prepositional phrase. A grammatically correct phrase would be "Do you know what is going on here?" Leaving the on by itself is not correct