- Which of Question on, question about, question regarding . . .
"a question on" means: "a question on the topic of" and therefore can only be used when one can insert the phrase "the topic of" after the "on", while "a question about" can used before anything Example: "I have a question on problem 5 in the homework assignment " equals "I have a question on the topic of problem 5 in the homework assignment
- When to use is vs. does when asking a question?
When the verb in a statement is neither a primary auxiliary verb (be, have, do) nor a modal auxiliary verb (will, would, can, could, may, might, shall, should, must, ought to, used to), do is used to form a question from it
- Conversation Questions for the ESL EFL Classroom (I-TESL-J)
Interesting questions for discussions in Engish lessons A Project of The Internet TESL Journal If this is your first time here, then read the Teacher's Guide to Using These Pages
- prepositions - on question 1 or in question 1 - English Language . . .
The word "on" fits better meaning "on the subject of question 1" The word "in" fits better meaning "occurring in question 1", or in its answer, if that is what is meant The comments would be understood with either "on" or "in", though Since you've invited rewording, these might work: For question 1, you repeated the example as a sentence
- ESL Conversation Questions - Restaurants Eating Out (I-TESL-J)
Restaurants Eating Out A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom Related: Fruits and Vegetables, Vegetarian, Diets, Food Eating, Tipping
- Do you know what IS IT? vs Do you know what IT IS?
What is it? is a question, but there's only one question here, not a question within a question As a declarative statement, you would say: You know what it is Making this into a question requires that you add the auxiliary verb do in front of the subject That's all you need to do to turn this statement into a question
- grammar - What is it? vs What is this? - English Language Learners . . .
Is the question "what is it?" correct when pointing something? Bonus question: is there a (ideally - strict) grammatical rule for this case? Note: I hoped another question would be a duplicate but the context is different (though it implies that there is no problem with " What is it?
- Can you please vs. Could you please [duplicate]
This question already has answers here: What is the difference between can and could in 'Can could you please explain this to me?' (5 answers) Closed 12 years ago
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