Which one is correct?
A. What does Jack think is the most serious pollution?
B. What does Jack think the most serious pollution is?
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You can go by these shorter examples.
* Who is he? => Who do you think he is? / Do you know who he is?
* Who are you? => Who do you think you are? (It's a common phrase as well as the title of a TV series)
(The main question is expressed by "do you think" and the remainder is just filling in the detail of the question, so it doesn't have to be in question-like order anymore)
Likewise,
* What is the most serious pollution? => What does Jack think the most serious pollution is?
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Hello. Great question!
Here's my response:
This sounds better: "B. What does Jack think the most serious pollution is?"
Here're more explanations/examples.
If you use "do", then either word order is fine:
What DO + 3RD PERSON (plural) + think IS + _____?
Example: What do they think is the problem?
What DO + 3RD PERSON (plural) + think + _____ + IS?
Example: What do they think the problem is?
If you use "does", then this order sounds a lot better:
What DOES + 3RD PERSON (singular) + think + _____ + IS?
Example: What does Jack think the most serious pollution is?
Example: What does mom think the answer is?
Hope I helped a bit. Let me know if you still have questions. :)
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the answer is B
0
I guess the first sentence leaved out "which".
Isn't it???
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i think the first one is right. The second one sounds weird
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