Post by NeoFriend1721 on Sept 9, 2004 17:52:40 GMT -5
[glow=brown,6,300]Inquisitives
Have you ever inquired to someone about something? Maybe you went somewhere and filed an inquiry with a company? If so, then you should recognize the name of this lesson. The term inquisitive simply means "to ask". So, as you could probably guess, an Inquisitive Phrase is a word or phrase you use to ask a question of someone.
If you recall the quotation lesson: there was an instance there where a quote didn't have a question mark, but was indeed a question. That was because of the inquisitive phrase: the phrase implied the question. You cannot start a sentence with an inquisitive phrase without it being a question. However (transition, from the previous formal lesson ), you may ask rhetorical questions. Just to branch off for a moment: a rhetorical question is a question that isn't necessarily meant to be answered.
ie. "What do you take me for, some sort of moron?"
response: "Well..."
No, I don't think that question was meant to be answered. It only leads to the speaker getting insulted in one way or another.
Now, back on topic: people very often ask rhetorical questions, like the above. Although they're not meant to be answered, they are still indeed questions. This is quite an easy lesson, so I'll be breif.
Inquisitive Phrases are as follows:
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Whenever you start a sentence with any of the above phrases, the sentence MUST be a question. Therefore, it must end with a question mark (unless it's in a quotation, then it doesn't have to end with a question mark, but can end with one).
Sadly, that's all there really is for today.
If you have any questions about this lesson or any of the previous lessons, feel free to ask them here and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
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Have you ever inquired to someone about something? Maybe you went somewhere and filed an inquiry with a company? If so, then you should recognize the name of this lesson. The term inquisitive simply means "to ask". So, as you could probably guess, an Inquisitive Phrase is a word or phrase you use to ask a question of someone.
If you recall the quotation lesson: there was an instance there where a quote didn't have a question mark, but was indeed a question. That was because of the inquisitive phrase: the phrase implied the question. You cannot start a sentence with an inquisitive phrase without it being a question. However (transition, from the previous formal lesson ), you may ask rhetorical questions. Just to branch off for a moment: a rhetorical question is a question that isn't necessarily meant to be answered.
ie. "What do you take me for, some sort of moron?"
response: "Well..."
No, I don't think that question was meant to be answered. It only leads to the speaker getting insulted in one way or another.
Now, back on topic: people very often ask rhetorical questions, like the above. Although they're not meant to be answered, they are still indeed questions. This is quite an easy lesson, so I'll be breif.
Inquisitive Phrases are as follows:
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?
Whenever you start a sentence with any of the above phrases, the sentence MUST be a question. Therefore, it must end with a question mark (unless it's in a quotation, then it doesn't have to end with a question mark, but can end with one).
Sadly, that's all there really is for today.
If you have any questions about this lesson or any of the previous lessons, feel free to ask them here and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
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