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Eladio Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Questions that are not questions, aren’t they?
More and more often I listen everywhere questions like these:
You wanted me to see you?
You already talked with him?
Are these forms of “questions” a fashion, a slang, or a new grammatical way which is imposing and forgets the “formal” forms:
Did you want me to see you?
Did you already talk to him?
Is this an acceptable common usage? I am confused.
You wanted me to see you?
You already talked with him?
Are these forms of “questions” a fashion, a slang, or a new grammatical way which is imposing and forgets the “formal” forms:
Did you want me to see you?
Did you already talk to him?
Is this an acceptable common usage? I am confused.
Top answer
Hi Eladio, This is a phenomenon that is being noticed more and more, and is surely a real trend in the evolution of the language. It is certainly acceptable in spoken English-- since it is becoming universal-- and will no doubt be accepted into formal written English within the next 50 years or so, at the rate it is spreading.
- Hi Eladio, This is a phenomenon that is being noticed more and more, and is surely a real trend in the evolution of the language.
- It is certainly acceptable in spoken English-- since it is becoming universal-- and will no doubt be accepted into formal written English within the next 50 years or so, at the rate it is spreading.
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Hi Eladio,
This is a phenomenon that is being noticed more and more, and is surely a real trend in the evolution of the language. It is certainly acceptable in spoken English-- since it is becoming universal-- and will no doubt be accepted into formal written English within the next 50 years or so, at the rate it is spreading.
This is a phenomenon that is being noticed more and more, and is surely a real trend in the evolution of the language. It is certainly acceptable in spoken English-- since it is becoming universal-- and will no doubt be accepted into formal written English within the next 50 years or so, at the rate it is spreading.
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