2006-08-09 04:41:59 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/question
2006-08-09 04:44:38 · answer #1 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A question is any of several kinds of linguistic expressions normally used by a questioner to request the presentation of information back to the questioner, in the form of an answer, by the audience. Alternatively, one may say that the question is the request itself, and the interrogative sentence merely expresses it, but we will not use this sense. Questions thus resemble other requesting expressions as well as commands in normally being used to elicit a response. Indeed some expressions, such as "Would you pass the butter?", have the grammatical form of questions but function as requests for action, not for answers.
Questions have a number of secondary uses: They may be used to guide the questioner along an avenue of research (see Socratic method). A rhetorical question is asked in order to make a point, and does not expect an answer (often the answer is implied or obvious). Presuppositional questions, such as "Have you stopped beating your wife?" may be used as a joke or to embarrass the audience, because any answer a person could give would imply more information than he was willing to affirm. Questions can also be titles of works of art and literature (e.g. Leo Tolstoy's short story How Much Land Does a Man Need? and the movie What About Bob?).
I'm sorry....What was your question?
2006-08-09 04:45:52 · answer #2 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always belive that a a question is always for an answer. It works like this:
everytime a question is raised and answered is found, which in turn is again a question.
there cannot be a end to a final resolution for a question because if it has then the world be 100% perfect.
2006-08-09 04:47:32 · answer #3 · answered by revanthp 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do people so often fail to provide context for their questions?
The above (which is NOT a statement, as it doesn't claim anything) is a question. "Interrogative" is a fancy, grammary way of saying "question".
A question is a sentence the purpose of which is to elicit a response.
And without any context for your question, I can't tell what it is you really want to know, and so don't know whether any of this has been helpful.
Is it that you are unfamiliar with this word? Is it that you are asking a deeper question about questions? Are you asking "What constitutes a question in Yahoo Answers?"
What?
2006-08-09 04:51:38 · answer #4 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ahh. The inquisitory nature of that particular grouping of words, reveals not the need for one to give a response that could give a statement to the thought.
2006-08-09 04:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by justaskn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good Question. It's asking stuff.
2006-08-09 04:46:34 · answer #6 · answered by djone3 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A question is the first step to knowledge and wisdom!
2006-08-09 04:48:20 · answer #7 · answered by mfacio 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something which little children and obnoxious college students get confused with a statement.
2006-08-09 04:54:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A statement seeking an answer.
2006-08-09 04:44:57 · answer #9 · answered by The Man 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A statement seeking an answer.
2006-08-09 04:44:04 · answer #10 · answered by Girl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Someone seeking an answer in a statement form.
2006-08-09 04:45:50 · answer #11 · answered by ♠♣♥Rogue♣♥♠ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋