interrogative sentence
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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
Exclamatory; a declarative, imperative, or interrogative sentence that expresses violent emotion, such as terror, surprise, or anger; as, You shall take that book! or, Can that book be mine?
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
In the interrogative sentence, the subject is frequently after the verb.
From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt
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
The interrogative sentence possesses an entirely different “modality” from the declarative one and implies a markedly different attitude of the speaker towards his companion.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward
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