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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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How to form a question from "The doughnuts were full of jelly"
I want to ask in such a way that "full of jelly' is the answer.
  

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Why don't you try first? Begin your attempt with 'What'.
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I tried, but everything sounds odd, because if I ask "What the doughnuts were full of? then I get the answer - jelly, but I need to receive the answer "full of jelly". What the doughnuts were like? It also sounds strange in this context. What do you think?
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You can't control how people will answer.
It's highly unlikely that a native speaker would reply "They are full of jelly" to most questions of that nature.

What is inside them? Jelly
What are they full of? Jelly
How would you describe them? They are delicious. (You can't force "they are full of jelly")
I suppose you could say "Are they only partially filled with jelly?"
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Anonymous I tried, but everything sounds odd, because if I ask
"What the doughnuts were full of? That is not a correct question!
then I get the answer - jelly, but I need to receive the answer "full of jelly". What the doughnuts were like? It also sounds strange in this context. What do you think?
You cannot guarentee the exact answer.
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By the way, jelly here is USA English.
British English is jam.

Clive
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