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Wh- QuestionsChapter 13, Part 1 :Wh- QuestionsChapter 13, Part 1 ENGLISH 5050:
English Syntax and Morphology Robert F. van Trieste, Ph.D. All quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from chapter 13 of The Grammar Book, 2nd edition.
Wh- Questions :Wh- Questions Called wh-questions because most use a wh-question word.
sometimes called interrogative words or wh-words
Request a missing piece of information
Can be a constituent (phrase structure) or part of a constituent .
X lost his keys. Who lost his keys?
The X boy lost his keys. Which boy lost his keys?
The wh-word used depends on the missing element.
who(m), what, whose, when, where, why, which, how, how much/many/old/often/etc.
Subject wh-questions :Subject wh-questions
Predicate wh-questions: 1 :Predicate wh-questions: 1
Predicate wh-questions: 2 :Predicate wh-questions: 2
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