What's wrong with this question?

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JDHAYMAN - just a bad hair day, thats all. Does it look that bad?

Answer 1

The only thing wrong with it is the assumption that there's something wrong. It's actually a perfect question. Spelling and grammar are spot on. It actually asks the reader something.

But the concept of asking what's wrong when nothing is wrong is either flawed or the asker actually believes there is an error when there isn't. So to the second situation my answer is simply "nothing is wrong with this question"

To the first situation - the flawed asking if there is something wrong when you know there isn't anything wrong... it's really a matter of point of view. In the context of Yahoo Answers, this could be wrong in that it isn't actually imparting any knowledge. It's a big waste of time to read and answer this, let alone debate it worldwide and have it presereved as part of this giant knowledge database.

Forgetting the location of the asking, you might think something was wrong with the question if the asker had some intent that we cannot perceive. Does he/she want some result that we cannot guess from the 5 words provided? (six if you count the contraction)

Since we are unable to guess the asker's intent, or judge the context we are not aware of, I'll have to go with my original answer "Nothing is wrong with this question."

Answer 2

Nothing because the simplest questions implicitly or explicitly request information from a certain range (finite or infinite) of alternatives. When information purporting to be that requested is presented back to the questioner, the question is said to be answered. The information thus presented is called an answer. Answers may be right or wrong. They are wrong if they present false information. If they present information from outside the profferred alternatives, they may be called wrong or simply inappropriate or irrelevant. This depends on the context, as do several other possibilities: Sometimes "I don't know" is an acceptable answer, sometimes even a right answer. The same is true of "None of the above" and "There is no answer." An answer is the, or a, right answer, if it presents true information which falls within the determined range of alternatives. Questions of this simplest sort usually begin with Who, what, which, where, when, does/do, is/are.

Other questions do not so easily fit this mold. For example, questions beginning "Why" and "How" often request any information at all that will alleviate certain confusion in a person who wants to ask that question. Here the manner in which the information is presented might be more important than which information is presented; the questioner may even already know all of the information contained in the right answer, and merely needs it to be expressed in a more useful form.

Ultimately, the interregotive pronouns (those beginning wh in addition to the word how), derive from the Proto-Indo-European root kwo- or kwi, the former of which was reflected in Proto-Germanic as xwa- or hwa-.[citation needed] The Proto-Indo-European root directly originated the Latin and Romance form qu- in words such as Latin qualis ("which") and quando ("when"). In English, a typographical error in copying by a series of monks is responsible for the transposition of the h and w[citation needed]. Although some varieties of Received Pronunciation and various Scottish dialects still preserve the original sound (i.e. [hw] rather than [w]), the majority only preserve the [w]. The words who, whom, whose, what and why, can all be considered to come from a single Old English word hwā, reflecting its masculine and feminine nominative (hwā), dative(hwām), genitive(hwæs), neuter nominative(hwæt), and instrumental of all genders (hwȳ, later hwī) respectively. Other interrogative words, such as which, how, where, as well as the now archaic whither derive either from compounds (which coming from a compound of hwā[what, who] and lic[like]), or other words from the same root (how deriving from hū).

Buddha: "There are these four ways of answering questions. Which four? There are questions that should be answered categorically [straightforwardly yes, no, this, that]. There are questions that should be answered with an analytical (qualified) answer [defining or redefining the terms]. There are questions that should be answered with a counter-question. There are questions that should be put aside. These are the four ways of answering questions." Source

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Learning
Questions are used from the most elementary stage of learning to original research. In the scientific method, a question often forms the basis of the investigation and can be considered a transition between the observation and hypothesis stages. Students of all ages use questions in their learning of topics, and the skill of having learners creating "investigatable" questions is a central part of inquiry education. The Socratic method of questioning student responses may be used by a teacher to lead the student towards the truth without direct instruction, and also helps students to form logical conclusions.

A widespread and accepted use of questions in an educational context is the assessment of student's knowledge through exams.

Answer 3

I guess I'll have to hold a casting call. That's a lot of characters! Umm, we'll need the grumpy yet lovable old guy, the sweet, sassy girl next door. Ummm, the dashing, yet confused leading man and ummm..puppies...Yes, definitely some puppies.....

Answer 4

I will only use 25 characters.

Answer 5

I can't try on my bra, as my breasts have swollen to twice their size last night. They're basically busting out of my shirt!
What is wrong with this question?
It doesn't involve Jenny Craig's ho's on TV!

Answer 6

whats wrong with you that is the real question
Oh my god whats with the guy above me i think he has too much time on his hand the question is not that complex get a life

Answer 7

It starts with a conjunction?

Answer 8

Everything.

Answer 9

Everything.

Answer 10

whats wrong with your hair?