interrogative sentence

Cultural  

1. The kind of sentence that asks a question and uses a question mark: “How can I do that?”

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Example Sentences

On the other hand, care must be taken to see whether the pronoun is the word that really asks the question in an interrogative sentence.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

In the case of a negative interrogative sentence the verb is immediately preceded by na=nî + a, whether it begins the sentence or is itself preceded by an interrogative conjunction. 

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry

Will, in an interrogative sentence, in the second person, asks concerning the wish, and, in the third person, concerning the purpose or future action of others.

From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly

If an interrogative sentence ends with a quotation which is itself interrogatory, the point of interrogation is placed outside the inverted commas.

From "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students by Allardyce, Paul

The note of interrogation is used at the end of an interrogative sentence; as, "Who adorned the heavens with such exquisite beauty?"

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel