"What else it could be?" vs. "What else could it be?" - which is correct?

Question

I saw both of these sentences have been used in English. Are they both correct? If so, what is the sentence structure of them.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '15 at 12:42

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The word order in a question requires that the verb precedes the subject.

Here 'it' is the subject, 'could' is the verb, so the proper way to form the question would be to put 'could' before 'it':

What else could it be?

answered Sep 14 '15 at 12:42

Victor Bazarov

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