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Amoursofking Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

About emphasises in the yes/no questions

Hello ,my query is about emphasises in the yes/no questions .In Turkish We can change the question's mean by only altering the place of vocabularies .To illustrate ; sometimes object, sometimes subject ,sometimes place ,sometimes time are asked in yes/no questions .Can I do this kind of queries in English .and how?
  

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Hi, I don't understand. Please try to explain a little more. Can you try to write an example in English that we can comment on?

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Hi,

I don't understand. Please try to explain a little more.

Can you try to write an example in English that we can comment on?

Clive
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ok . For example; will he go to the cinema today?

This question asks whether he would go .( emphasis on the verb )

It don't ask the place or time . Its answer : yes , he will go - no he won't go . (not these : yes , to cinema or yes today )

But I want that the emphasis be on the others without doing wh question . time ,place or subject...

Can you write the
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Smarter persons than I will soon answer you. I think you may be referring to so-called "cleft sentences." (1) Is it TODAY that he is going to the movies? Yes, it is (today). (2)Is it to the MOVIES that he is going? Yes, it is (to the movies).
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yes , you are right . I mean so-called "cleft sentences" . Thanks !!
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