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

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

The use of that word "like" at the end of an interrogative sentence, in the Five Towns, is a subject upon which a book ought to be written; but not this history.

From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Bennett, Arnold

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

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