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Tonyl Posted 13 years ago
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Does this question have a rising tone at the end?

Did your mom give you allowances when you were in college?
  

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Hello, tonyl—and welcome to English Forums. tonyl Does this question have a rising tone at the end? (Original post)Quote Did your mom give you allowances when you were in college?

  • Hello, tonyl—and welcome to English Forums.
  • tonyl Does this question have a rising tone at the end?
  • (Original post)Quote Did your mom give you allowances when you were in college?
  • ') Note, however, that 'allowance' should be singular and that we generally abandon the word 'mom' when we reach adulthood: Did your mother give you an allowance when you were in college?
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Hello, tonyl—and welcome to English Forums.
tonylDoes this question have a rising tone at the end? (Original post)Quote Did your mom give you allowances when you were in college?
Yes: 'Yes/no' questions (beginning with 'do' or 'be' forms) end in a rising tone unless they are choice questions ('Do you prefer A or B?')

Note, however, that 'allowance' shou
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Thank you for your wonderful answer.

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