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Rajivme Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Question correction

He didn't say anything about this? / Didn't he say anything about this?.- Which is correct , pls hlp
  

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Both sentences are grammatical. The first one is actually not really a question unless the speaker's intonation rises towards the end. Without the right intonation the sentence is just negative and is usually written without a question mark: He didn't say anything about this.

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  • Both sentences are grammatical.
  • The first one is actually not really a question unless the speaker's intonation rises towards the end.
  • Without the right intonation the sentence is just negative and is usually written without a question mark: He didn't say anything about this.
  • ) However, is spoken English virtually any affirmative sentence can become a question with a rising intonation: He came?
  • The rising intonation may also indicate surprise.
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Both sentences are grammatical. The first one is actually not really a question unless the speaker's intonation rises towards the end. Without the right intonation the sentence is just negative and is usually written without a question mark: He didn't say anything about this. (= He said nothing about this.)

However, is spoken English virtually any affirmative sentence can become a
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Hi, CB. Should we generalize that this type of question should not be used in written work, except possibly a novel or a script?

That is, do you think it would be okay to use it in business communication?

Why wasn't I informed? He said nothing to you about this?

- A.
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