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H. Subject-questions: ‘Who?’, ‘What?’, ‘Which?’, ‘Whose?’ Subject of object? 1. A subject-question asks for the identity of the subject. There is no inversion and the question has the same word order as a statement: subject verb object subject-answer statement: Someone paid the waiter. subject-question: Who paid the waiter? John (did). Compare a Who(m)-question which asks for the object of a statement: subject verb object object-answer statement: John paid the waiter Who(m)-question: Who(m) did John pay? The waiter. 2. Answers to subject-questions often echo the auxiliary verb used in the question: Who can play the piano? – I can./I can’t. When no auxiliary verb is present in the question, we use do, does or did in the answer: Who wants a lift? – I do. Who won? – We did. 3. What, Which, Whose and How much/How many can combine with other subject-words: What number is …? Which boy like …? Whose car is …? How many students are …? I. Questions about alternatives, Emphatic questions with ‘ever’ Questions about alternatives (1): ‘Did you laugh, or cry?; We can abbreviate questions after or. Instead of: Did you laugh, or did you cry when you heard the news? We can say: Did you laugh or cry when you heard the news? Questions about alternatives (2): ‘Did you take it, or didn’t you?’ We can ask two questions, one affirmative and one negative, about the same thing without repeating the verb in full. Instead of: Did you take it, or didn’t you take it? We can say: Did you take it, or didn’t you? or: Did you or didn’t you take it? Did you, or didn’t you? or: Did you task it, or not? (Not *or no*) Emphatic questions with ‘ever’, etc. 1. We ask emphatic questions with ever to expression admiration, anger, concern, etc. We write ever as a separate word from question-words. Compare: Where ever did you buy that tie? Wherever you go, take your passport. How ever did you manage it? However, I managed to persuade him. What ever does she see in him? Whatever she sees in him, she’ll marry him. 88
2. We use ever after all question-words except Which? and Whose? and we often put heavy stress on it in spoken questions: Where ‘ever did you pick that up? 3. We can ask question with ever. - to get a subject or an object: What ever made you late? What ever did he say? - in short response: What ever for? Why ever not? or we use a phrase like on earth for extra emphasis: How on earth did you know? 89
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2. We use ever after all question-words except Which? and Whose? and we often put heavy<br />
stress on it in spoken questions: Where ‘ever did you pick that up?<br />
3. We can ask question with ever.<br />
- to get a subject or an object: What ever made you late? What ever did he say?<br />
- in short response: What ever for? Why ever not?<br />
or we use a phrase like on earth for extra emphasis: How on earth did you know?<br />
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