Mudclay Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
General Form of Questions:
Hi,
I learned from my English teacher about the general form of questions. He gave me this simple formula.
(WH) Helping verb + Subject + Verb?
Be + Subject + Noun/adjective/adverb
i.e.
Has he done his homework?
What is he doing?
Is she a teacher
Is he handsome?
What's your name?
My question is, where do these questions belong? "who will help you?/who will open the door?"
Are there more forms of questions? Maybe mine is incomplete.
I learned from my English teacher about the general form of questions. He gave me this simple formula.
(WH) Helping verb + Subject + Verb?
Be + Subject + Noun/adjective/adverb
i.e.
Has he done his homework?
What is he doing?
Is she a teacher
Is he handsome?
What's your name?
My question is, where do these questions belong? "who will help you?/who will open the door?"
Are there more forms of questions? Maybe mine is incomplete.
Top answer
The first formula offers a helping verb without a main verb, which isn't really complete. It would be possible to use BE there, but it would be functioning as a main verb rather than a helping verb. For your example, the formula would be (WH) Modal Aux + main V + N/Pro Who will help you?
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The first formula offers a helping verb without a main verb, which isn't really complete. It would be possible to use BE there, but it would be functioning as a main verb rather than a helping verb. For your example, the formula would be
(WH) Modal Aux + main V + N/Pro
Who will help you?
When the subject of the question is being asked for, rather th
(WH) Modal Aux + main V + N/Pro
Who will help you?
When the subject of the question is being asked for, rather th
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