A question in English introduced by a wh-word, that requires information in answer, rather than yes or no.
以wh-开头的词引导的特殊疑问句
Example sentencesExamples
Asking ‘wh-questions’ (why, what etc.) would be fatal as it will inevitably invite shoe-beats.
As reported earlier in this paper, fathers use both unmitigated directives and wh-questions (which could serve to extend children's topics) more frequently than do mothers.
De Villiers found that deaf students between 6 and 14 years of age almost always produced the right kind of wh-question for the appropriate situation.
Many of these questions are wh-questions (who, where, why) as differentiated from mothers' preference for yes/no questions.
There are eight wh-questions, which, what, who, whom, whose, when, where and why and to this list we usually add how as they are all used to elicit particular kinds of information.
Definition of wh-question in US English:
wh-question
noundəbljuːˈeɪtʃˌkwestʃən
A question in English introduced by a wh-word and requiring more information in reply than simply yes or no.
以wh-开头的词引导的特殊疑问句
Example sentencesExamples
There are eight wh-questions, which, what, who, whom, whose, when, where and why and to this list we usually add how as they are all used to elicit particular kinds of information.
Many of these questions are wh-questions (who, where, why) as differentiated from mothers' preference for yes/no questions.
As reported earlier in this paper, fathers use both unmitigated directives and wh-questions (which could serve to extend children's topics) more frequently than do mothers.
De Villiers found that deaf students between 6 and 14 years of age almost always produced the right kind of wh-question for the appropriate situation.
Asking ‘wh-questions’ (why, what etc.) would be fatal as it will inevitably invite shoe-beats.