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Does a rhetorical question require a question mark? The rhetorical question does need a question mark It helps the reader to recognise that it is, in fact, a question Questions, rhetorical or otherwise, need to sound like questions, or look like questions
Is this a rhetorical question? - WordReference Forums A rhetorical question makes a point and does not expect an answer In your example, the speaker is asking the question and then immediately supplying the answer
Rhetorical questions - WordReference Forums Well, "tell me about it" is a rhetorical statement, not a question In any case, "rhetorical" means that the statement or question is made simply for effect--it does not require a response, and in fact, no response is expected The phrase "tell me about it" also has a bit of irony in it The speaker is asking the addressee to tell him about something, but the intended meaning is exactly the
Is the Pope Catholic? | WordReference Forums This is a jocular rhetorical question often asked in response to someone's dumb question Context: Joe's favorite team is playing the all-important game in this year's playoff Joe's best buddy asks him with a grin: "Joe, will you be watching the game tonight?" Joe retorts: "Is the Pope
Rhetorical question - WordReference Forums In a rhetorical question, there is the assumption that both the asker and the addressee know the answer and both understand that they don't need to state the obvious (the answer) This takes us to you to your point about context
rhetorical question -- what type? | WordReference Forums A "rhetorical question" doesn't have an answer A "question and answer" pair of sentences is not a rhetorical question Your first sentence is a rhetorical question: "Why would any progressive country want to eliminate the English language?" It is a "why" question, so an answer would start with "because" But there isn't an answer
Are tag questions rhetorical? - WordReference Forums Hi akuptsov hse, if we accept the Longman definition of a rhetorical question: "a question that you ask as a way of making a statement, without expecting an answer", then I don't agree at all that tag questions are rhetorical In fact, by adding a tag, the speaker invites a response
rhetorical question - WordReference Forums A rhetorical question is a question that does't expect an answer Strictly speaking, any question can be "rhetorical," provided that the speaker is not looking for an answer Often, a rhetorical question does other things, such as express a soft command, tentativeness, an evaluation of the situation at hand, etc Usually, such questions are expressed in negative form (Isn't it cold? Shouldn't
Who cares Who care - WordReference Forums What if you are addressing a group of people? Don't you say "who care"? Yes, Boozer's example is a good one when "who care" is used in a sentence, that makes sense because it's in a sentence When you use it as a question, who is always, like mentioned above, the subject of the sentence is singular
Hindi Urdu: Rhetorical question? - WordReference Forums Interesting question QP SaaHib! The current official term is supposed to be خَطِیبانَہ سوال = rhetorical question میں اس اصطلاح سے كلی طور پر مطمئن نہیں ہوں! شاید اس سے بہتر كچھ نہ ہو اور قیاسی سوال = conjectural question - not the same as a rhetorical question