Hadar Shemesh explains how word order changes in indirect speech. When you report a question like 'Where was the key?' you say 'She didn't know where the key was,' not 'where was the key.' The rule applies to all reported questions.
Where is the mistake and what is the correct form? She didn't know where was the key? She didn't know where was the key? She didn't know where the key was. She didn't know where the key was. In indirect speech, we changed the word order to match how we would say it in the statement. So it's not where was the key? Where was the key? But where the key was just like a statement, not like a question in indirect speech. She didn't know why he was upset. I didn't know where the restaurant was. I didn't know where the restaurant was, not where was the restaurant. I didn't know where the restaurant was.
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