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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Can you ask a wh- question with the underlined part of the sentence below?
Abraham Lincoln is 16th president of United States.
Abraham Lincoln is 16th president of United States.
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This question comes up about every other month. There is no question you can ask to get "the 16th" as the answer. " formation.
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This question comes up about every other month.
There is no question you can ask to get "the 16th" as the answer. We don't have a "How manieth president was Lincoln?" formation.
The closest you'll come is "What number president was Lincoln" or "George Washington was first; what was Lincoln?"
There is no question you can ask to get "the 16th" as the answer. We don't have a "How manieth president was Lincoln?" formation.
The closest you'll come is "What number president was Lincoln" or "George Washington was first; what was Lincoln?"
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AnonymousCan you ask a wh- question with the underlined part of the sentence below?Not easily or comfortably. GG's answer is about the best you can do unless you want to make the question somewhat mathematical in nature.
Abraham Lincoln is 16th president of United States.
What ordinal number describes Abraham Linco
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Hi,
Can you ask a wh- question with the underlined part of the sentence below?
Abraham Lincoln is 16th president of United States.
Based on the way you have phrased your query above, I would suggest this.
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
If this is not what you mean, you nee
Can you ask a wh- question with the underlined part of the sentence below?
Abraham Lincoln is 16th president of United States.
Based on the way you have phrased your query above, I would suggest this.
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
If this is not what you mean, you nee
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