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

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

Shall, in an interrogative sentence, in the first and third persons, consults the will or judgment of another; in the second person, it inquires concerning the intention or future action of another.

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

What kind of inflection should be used at the end of an interrogative sentence?

From 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by Hathaway, B. A.

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

In the interrogative sentence, the subject is frequently after the verb.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt