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Direct Question - Glossary of Terms
Direct Question
A direct question can be answered (i.e., it is not a statement) and always ends in a
question mark
.
Examples:
Where are my tights?
Did you see a movement by that hedge?
The
sentence
below contains an
indirect question
. It is a statement (i.e., a
declarative sentence
) and not a direct question.
Example:
Alan asked whether we believed him about the 10-pound dogfish.
(This is a statement which contains an indirect question.)
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