The phrase "indirect questions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to questions that are not asked directly but are embedded within a statement or another question.
Example: "Could you tell me if you know where the meeting is?"
Alternatives: "embedded questions" or "reported questions".
It is more effective to pose indirect questions.
Harper began his day as everyone expected: dancing around a few indirect questions at his locker about his impending free agency from some New York media members.
In Hungarian it is the only way to form direct yes no questions, although in indirect questions a particle -e is used e.g., a házak fehérek?
They also asked indirect questions, like whether the father gave the mother money for the children and, if so, how much.
the use of inverted word order in indirect questions, as in She asked could she go to the movies, is becoming just as much a part of informal spoken American English as indirect questions without inverted word order, as in She asked if she could go to the movies.
When asked a range of indirect questions, for instance about what they might miss after a Brexit, "it is worth noting that the answers of those undecided about how to vote in June are much closer to those of Bremainers than those of Brexiters".
We needed a period, not a question mark, after the indirect question in the first sentence.
Another punctuation problem: The first sentence is an indirect question, and so should end with a period, not a question mark.
She devised a shrewd indirect question: "Do you feel that some people are getting more than their fair share?" Suddenly, respondents who had declared dutiful support for civil rights were ready to disclose their anger at blacks.
But how do you make a direct question without a wh- question word into an indirect question?
If there is no wh- question word in a direct question, use 'if' or 'whether' to make it into an indirect question.
