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BecRuth Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Question on sentence structure

When a rhetorical question has been asked, is it permissible to answer it with an incomplete sentence?

  

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BecRuth When a rhetorical question has been asked, is it permissible to answer it with an incomplete sentence? Perhaps. If you are writing a formal essay, then no.

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  • BecRuth When a rhetorical question has been asked, is it permissible to answer it with an incomplete sentence?
  • Perhaps.
  • If you are writing a formal essay, then no.
  • If you are in a casual conversation, then yes.
  • If you are in a formal debate, consult the debate rules.
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BecRuth

When a rhetorical question has been asked, is it permissible to answer it with an incomplete sentence?

Perhaps.

If you are writing a formal essay, then no.

If you are in a casual conversation, then yes.

If you are in a formal debate, consult the debate rules.

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When a rhetorical question has been asked, is it permissible to answer it with an incomplete sentence? Definitely. A great amount of what we say consists of incomplete sentences.. Only in English textbooks do people always communicate in perfect sentences.

I hope you realize that a rhetorical question is one for which the speaker is not expecting an answer. . . . is it permiss
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BecRuth

When a rhetorical question has been asked, is it permissible to answer it with an incomplete sentence?

Generally speaking, a rhetorical question should not need any answer at all. In the context in which it is asked, the answer to the question is obvious.

Is the Pope Catholic?
How could I be so stupid?
Are we a

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