i dont even know if there is a word for it i was just curious
2007-12-03 14:21:42 · 5 answers · asked by SuperStation 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Auxiliary verbs. These verbs make questions when the positions of the subject and the helping verb are inverted.. "You can go" becomes a question "Can you go?" by the simple inversion. THe inversion only works when a helping verb is present.
Also the helping verb "do" can make questions of sentences by just adding it first. "You like milkduds" becomes "DO you like milkduds?" Notice "You do like milkduds." is not quite the same as "You like milkduds."
2007-12-03 14:42:47 · answer #1 · answered by dougger 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Punctuation -- not words -- is what makes a question, a question.
An interrogative sentence asks a direct question and always ends in a question mark:
Who can read this and not be moved?
How many roads must a man walk down?
Does money grow on trees?
Note that an indirect question does not make a sentence interrogative:
Direct/Interrogative
When was John Adams a United States President?
Indirect/Declarative
I wonder when John Adams was President of the United States.
A direct question requires an answer from the reader, while an indirect question does not.
2007-12-03 14:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've raised a point which is constantly causing consternation to my English, learning, students .. to use the word Will is to ask if someone are available and mentally willing to carry out a task .. to use the word Can is to ask a person if they are physically capable .. unfortunately in today's world even English speakers confuse the correct usage of the two words .. as to which or whether they are questions, the punctuation and intonation will decide that .. "Will you take that out ' with a harsh emphasis on the 'will would be tantamount to an order and not a question .. 'can' being emphasized becomes pointless since you are trying to induce someone to confess to being capable of something they may not be .. this would be coercion
2007-12-03 14:58:15 · answer #3 · answered by The old man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think such a word is called an 'INTERROGATIVE'.
For example, what, when, where, why, how ...and so on.
2007-12-03 14:56:58 · answer #4 · answered by Nutz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is known as alliteration.
2016-04-07 07:00:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋