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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Could it be a suitable question and answer?

Hi teachers,
Needed information: Eve Hine is the Chief.
This is the context:
Eva Hine put the phone down and looked at Felix angrily. ‘Forget Dinon’s escape from prison. Get out there and find him. And bring him back dead or alive!’
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Could it be a suitable question and answer?
What did the Chief ask Felix to do?
She asked him to forget Dinon’s escape from prison, to get out there and find him, and to bring him dead or alive.
  

Top answer

She didn't ask him; she ordered him. What were the chief's orders? to forget Dinon's escape from prison, to get out there and find him, and to bring him back dead or alive or What did the chief tell Felix to do?

  • She didn't ask him; she ordered him.
  • What were the chief's orders?
  • to forget Dinon's escape from prison, to get out there and find him, and to bring him back dead or alive or What did the chief tell Felix to do?
  • She told him to forget Dinon's escape from prison, to get out there and find him, and to bring him back dead or alive.
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She didn't ask him; she ordered him.

What were the chief's orders?
to forget Dinon's escape from prison, to get out there and find him, and to bring him back dead or alive

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What did the chief tell Felix to do?
She told him to forget Dinon's escape from prison, to get out there and find him, and to bring him back dead or alive.
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Hi Aspara Gus,
Thank you for your reply.
Even though I agree with you that they were orders more than anything else. You should have listened to her voice on the CD.
Why does the context use the verb 'asked'?
Why do you use the verb 'tell' on your second option?

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Thinking SpainYou should have listened to her voice on the CD.
Regardless of the tone of her voice, the sentences are imperative, not interrogative. Besides, the woman was angry, wasn't she? And the last order is punctuated with an exclamation mark. They are not requests; they are furious orders!
Thinking SpainWhy does the context use t
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Hi Aspara Gus,
Thank you for your reply.

Regardless of the tone of her voice, the sentences are imperative, not interrogative. Besides, the woman was angry, wasn't she? And the last order is punctuated with an exclamation mark. They are not requests; they are furious orders!
Yes, yes, and yes!

It doesn't; the question does, which I assu
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Thinking SpainAside, could you tell me how to quote in different lines?
When you reply to a post, use your mouse to highlight any part of the post shown above the text box; then click Quote. To quote again, hit the enter key on your keyboard to position your cursor on a new line and then repeat the quoting process.
Thinkin
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Aspara GusWhen you reply to a post, use your mouse to highlight any part of the post shown above the text box; then click Quote. To quote again, hit the enter key on your keyboard to position your cursor on a new line and then repeat the quoting process.
Hi Aspara Gus,
Thank you for your explanation. It worked!
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Aspara Gus: ... And, oh, I always assumed that you wrote the questions and answers in these threads of yours.
Thinking SpainSo Sorry. I mixed two questions from different contexts in which I'm working on right now. You are right. I am the one who writes those question and answers.
Love this one! It made me laugh out loud. So cute!

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