- Which of Question on, question about, question regarding . . .
"a question on" means: "a question on the topic of" and therefore can only be used when one can insert the phrase "the topic of" after the "on", while "a question about" can used before anything Example: "I have a question on problem 5 in the homework assignment " equals "I have a question on the topic of problem 5 in the homework assignment
- When to use is vs. does when asking a question?
When the verb in a statement is neither a primary auxiliary verb (be, have, do) nor a modal auxiliary verb (will, would, can, could, may, might, shall, should, must, ought to, used to), do is used to form a question from it
- grammar - What is it? vs What is this? - English Language Learners . . .
Is the question "what is it?" correct when pointing something? Bonus question: is there a (ideally - strict) grammatical rule for this case? Note: I hoped another question would be a duplicate but the context is different (though it implies that there is no problem with " What is it?
- Can you please vs. Could you please [duplicate]
This question already has answers here: What is the difference between can and could in 'Can could you please explain this to me?' (5 answers) Closed 12 years ago
- Would be or will be - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
However, if somebody posed you a hypothetical question and "200" was the answer, you would use "would" because the answer is not in the future It is not as easy as one would wish "Would" is correct, because this is a hypothetical statement, not something that will occur in the future If I had a wish, I would wish you would love me
- grammaticality - Does this vs Is this (grammar) - English Language . . .
A question (and a negative statement) requires an auxiliary before the subject If there is already an auxiliary (eg have, are, should) then it comes before the subject:
- meaning - What is the difference between S and S? - English Language . . .
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- grammar - Which of the following statement or which of the following . . .
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