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Mudclay Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

General Form of Questions:

Hi,

I learned from my English teacher about the general form of questions. He gave me this simple formula.

(WH) Helping verb + Subject + Verb?

Be + Subject + Noun/adjective/adverb

i.e.

Has he done his homework?

What is he doing?

Is she a teacher

Is he handsome?

What's your name?

My question is, where do these questions belong? "who will help you?/who will open the door?"

Are there more forms of questions? Maybe mine is incomplete.
  

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The first formula offers a helping verb without a main verb, which isn't really complete. It would be possible to use BE there, but it would be functioning as a main verb rather than a helping verb. For your example, the formula would be (WH) Modal Aux + main V + N/Pro Who will help you?

— Englishmaven

  • The first formula offers a helping verb without a main verb, which isn't really complete.
  • It would be possible to use BE there, but it would be functioning as a main verb rather than a helping verb.
  • For your example, the formula would be (WH) Modal Aux + main V + N/Pro Who will help you?
  • When the subject of the question is being asked for, rather than the verb or the object, for example, the word order changes from the typical with the subject between the helping/aux verb and the main verb.
  • What will follow you?
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The first formula offers a helping verb without a main verb, which isn't really complete. It would be possible to use BE there, but it would be functioning as a main verb rather than a helping verb. For your example, the formula would be

(WH) Modal Aux + main V + N/Pro
Who will help you?

When the subject of the question is being asked for, rather th
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