Direct Question (grammar lesson)


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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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Glossary of grammatical terms