Language Arts

Where does he keep the flour?

Mister Mcawber,

A question. Would 'He keeps the flour where?' ,with strong stress and emphasis on where, be acceptable in informal spoken English? I guess you could say that in spoken English there are fewer
boundaries, so with my question I actually mean if you have ever heard something like that before.

Thank you

Dokterjokkebrok

dokterjokkebrokA question. Would 'He keeps the flour where?' ,with strong stress and emphasis on where, be acceptable in informal spoken English?

Given your additional explanation as to the intended context I would agree.

So, in a context where you have just been told that someone keeps his flour in a cardboard box buried i

Exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you RayH!

Which is not a question, but a rhetorical statement.