Why does people bother to write an interrogative sentence form in American English?
I’m not sure if this is something recent, although I’ve been noticing it much more frequently now than say a couple of years ago. Often you have questions about something that is not in the original form or meaning or objective. What are the consequences of not being great
in your home?
I have thought that this sentence would be more like this: Consider what the consequences of
not being great in your home are!
All you had to do was replace the verb “are” to the end of the sentence.
Why is it that this happens? Is this a recent development in languages, or am I just now noticing it? How important is the form of interrogation in a formal setting?
What does it mean to be a geek?
Interrogative sentences are declarative sentences. (These pages seem helpful: http://www.k12reader.com/). com/interrogative-sentences/ and http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/interrogative_sentence. A clear
interrogative sentence would be: Have you
considered the consequences of not being great at your home?
You could say ‘Someone else
is great, you should be great.’ In an affirmative sentence “…consider the consequences of not being great at home”
I can’t comment if this is a new or different style in recent times. What you are talking about articles in magazines, seems to be more prevalent, the declarative style appears to be more prevalent.
What works when I’m not great at home? This is a more assertive tone.
If the author wanted a more gentle, discussion-able tone, then they would use a clearly interrogative sentence. Thank you Have
you considered the consequences of not being
great in your home? Why do you think others kids may not look up to you anymore?
Option B (Declarative sentence, assertive tone)
Is it harmful to have long term family relationship?
What does it mean to be a “boy”?
Could any non-native speaker explain this particular example? My wife is not a native speaker, makes this mistake from time to time.
Non-native speakers must learn the appropriate word order for questions and statements (What are the XXX vs. 125). On this page you will find the English word order for all some types of non-native speakers (such as MLA, ILR, etc.). Please keep these in mind as they will confuse many speakers and can be a little misleading. What is the meaning of XXX (X)? Sometimes they confuse this when speaking or writing as it differs from their native language.
