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Inquire, ask, wonder can be used in direct speech. They are placed after the statement.
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“Where is the station?” he inquired.
With ask the addressed person can be shown but inquire, wonder and want to know can’t take the addressed
person.
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He said, “What have you got in your bag?”
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He asked me what I had got in my bag.
If the direct question begins with a question word like when, where, who, how, why, etc, the question word is
repeated in the indirect question.
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She said, “What do you want?”
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She asked what they wanted.
If there is no question word whether / if must be used.
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“Is anyone there?” he said.
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He asked if / whether anyone was there.
Actually there is no difference between if and whether but whether is more usual in two cases:
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a) If we have a choice question,
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“Do you want to go by air or by sea?” he asked.
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He asked whether I wanted to go by air or by sea.
b) whether or not
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“Do you want to insure your luggage or not?” he asked.
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He asked whether or not i wanted to insure my luggage.
2)
If we have a conditional tense (another if it better to use whether)
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“If you get the job, will you move to York?” he asked.
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He asked whether, if i got the job, i would move to York.
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