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interrogative

[in-tuh-rog-uh-tiv] / ˌɪn təˈrɒg ə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
quizzical
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Interrogative self-talk, he adds, would be asking themselves what were the sacrifices it took for them to be prepared to make an upcoming play.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2015

Interrogative Pronouns.+—The pronouns who, which, and what are used to ask questions, and when so used, are called interrogative pronouns.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

Interrogative; a sentence that asks a question; as, Is that book mine?

From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas

If I ask 'What is Man?' the Interrogative what refers to the genus of Existence or Being, of which Man is considered as a subordinate genus or species.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

If I ask 'Who was Alexander?' the Interrogative who refers to the species man, of which Alexander, the subject of the query, is understood to have been an individual.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander




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