interrogative sentence

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

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interrogative sentence

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

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 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

If an interrogative sentence ends with a quotation, the point of interrogation stands outside the inverted commas.

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

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