"HOW MANY"在宾语从句中的用法

题目

"HOW MANY"在宾语从句中的用法
宾语从句中how,when,where等等的用法我都知道,动词要后置.可是HOW MANY好象是个特例?
(比如说He asked what was the matter.)
HOW MANY 所在的宾语从句也是特例吗?因为我在哪里好象看到过.
比如How many people are there in your family?
改宾语从句是
I asked how many people were there in his family还是I asked how many people there were in his family

答案

这个应该算做直接引语direct speech和间接引语indirect speech的范畴了 间接引语（转述的 不带“”的）中的语序就和平时一样 应该为I asked how many people there were in his family