Assist the confused time traveler in asking polite, indirect questions without sounding entirely crazy. Choose the correct phrase for each blank.

"Excuse me, could you tell me where the nearest horse parking is located? Also, do you happen to know what century we are in? Finally, I was wondering if anyone has seen my misplaced time machine."

"Excuse me, could you tell me where the nearest horse parking is located?

In indirect questions, we use affirmative statement word order (subject + verb) rather than question word order.

Also, do you happen to know what century we are in?

Again, the indirect question requires statement word order ("we are in") instead of the inverted question order ("are we in").

Finally, I was wondering if anyone has seen my misplaced time machine."

"Anyone" is a singular pronoun, so it takes the singular auxiliary "has." Indirect yes/no questions often start with "if" or "whether" followed by standard subject-verb word order.