Which is correct?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Sentence 1

  1. What are you saying is that I am not telling truth.
    OR
  2. What you are saying is that I am not telling truth.


Sentence 2

  1. Basically,what are you saying is that I am not telling truth.
    OR
  2. Basically,what you are saying is that I am not telling truth.
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Hi Anandjain1984,

Neither of your pairs of sentences is a question, so you should not use interrogative word order. Therefore, option 2 is correct in both cases.

The word ‘what’ is not used as a question word in your sentences. Instead the meaning of ‘what’ is ‘that which’.

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[size=75]“Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.” ~ Albert Einstein[/size]

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Telling [color=red]the truth.