There are two kinds of interrogative sentences. The first type are affirmation questions wherein the speaker is trying to get the addressee to assert whether or not a proposition underlying the ...

Recent graduates, including those with university degrees, seem to have no mastery of the language at all. They cannot construct a simple declarative sentence, either orally or in writing. They cannot ...

Use question words, such as ‘How much is …?’. Use a declarative sentence, such as ‘I would like … please’. Invert, or swap the order of, the verb and the subject to form a question ...

IN the previous two columns we took up the use of the passive voice and of cleft sentences to draw attention to a particular ...