Questions tagged [question-words]
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Is there a term for the act of entering an amusement park without paying the ticket?
I know there are a couple of terms for doing something without consent, or paying for it, like free ride, free load and tag along.
But these words are more inclined to jumping on a vehicle without a ...
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Why is “okay” used as the end of a question when comforting others?
I’m curious as to why “okay” is often used at the end of a sentence when a person is trying to comfort others?
Eg. We’re gonna … , okay?
Why is this usage of “okay” often used at the end of sentences ...
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Would you like some fishy wishy with your talky walky
Dad and mom often talked the baby talk after a new baby arrived.
One day they were cooking. Mom said to dad,
Would you like some fishy wishy with your talky walky?
while she was handing a box with a ...
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Checking for ingredients in a meal you order in a restaurant
At a restaurant, I'd like to make sure that a meal doesn't have milk or cheese. What would be the right way of asking this?:
"Do you add milk or cheese to this dish?" ("meal" or &...
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... does the cat see in the tree? — must the question word be 'who', 'whom' or 'what'?
It's an exercise for kids from a textbook. The book actually provides the answer as well:
— ... does the cat see in the tree?
— Two birds.
My question is as follows. What should we use at the place of ...
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Is the question "people from what other countries are you in touch with?" grammatically correct? [closed]
Is the question people from what other countries are you in touch with? grammatically correct? For example:
You said you talk to people from a lot of different countries except Brazil. People from ...
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"He asked how old I was" vs "He asked how I was old"
He asked how old I was
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He asked how I was old
Is there any difference between these two sentences? Is the second sentence is grammatically correct or we can use adjectives only after question ...
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Who is the best engineering team - question
So, today we had a discussion about the following question, which is the title of a competition proposal in our company: "Who is the best engineering team?"
The discussion was about whether it should'...
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'Have you got home' or 'Are you back at home' or 'Are you at home now?'
Hi I'm just asking my girl friend if she's come back from the party. I want to ask get if she's at home now. Are the following sentences correct?
1-Have you got back home?
2-Are you back at home?
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Does "newslet" exist?
I was quite sure I've heard people talking before about "newslets", or "media newslets", but the dictionaries list no such word.
Am I talking about media outlets or something like this? Does the word ...
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Are "how long" and "how much time" the same?
which one is correct, coming from a pupil:
How long do we have for / to do the exercise?"
or:
"How much time do we have for this?"
I think that in the first question, the verb "have" does ...
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What does this mean and is it correct to say so?
I have a text in english, the context is about electronics.
this is a sentence :
This work has a unique perspective based on the wind farm participation, through inertia control.
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"Understand?" or "Understood?"
I often hear people in their conversation when a person
is checking if the other understands what he mean, he raises
a question with only 1 word "Understand?"
But sometimes, I also hear people in ...
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Do "who" questions not get auxiliary verb? [duplicate]
Normally, if I want to build a question about someone's verb, then I know the following formula.
building of statement.
Adding auxiliary verb in the beginning of the sentence and make it question.
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