interrogative
IPA: ɪntˈɛrʌgeɪtɪv
noun
- (grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking a question: why, who, when, etc.
- (typography, archaic) Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.
- (rare) A question; an interrogation.
adjective
- (grammar) Asking or denoting a question: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point.
- Pertaining to inquiry; questioning
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Examples of "interrogative" in Sentences
- -- When are they called interrogative pronominal adjectives?
- They were the period, the semicolon, the comma, the "interrogative," and the parenthesis.
- &c. _Who, which_, and _what_, when used in asking questions, are called interrogative pronouns, or relatives of the interrogative kind; as,
- The relative and interrogative which is a compound of wch-ich fignifying the above a&on, as ich means the firft a£l: of motion or crea - tion, and uch man's utmoft return of that adt or fpring up - wards.
- The language of vainglory, of indignation, pity and revengefulness, optative: but of the desire to know, there is a peculiar expression called interrogative; as, What is it, when shall it, how is it done, and why so?
- Above all, it was, and still is, a book that imparts in me a kind of interrogative compulsion, compelling me to question everything I did in the classroom, especially those cherished assumptions I didn’t even know I had.
- Wikipedia describes it well: "a nonstandard English-language punctuation mark intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also called the interrogative point) and the exclamation mark or exclamation point (known in printers 'jargon as the bang)".
- I'm already very pleased by a bit of information from the Abaza section:Abaza and Abkhaz questions are very unusual in that they choose rightward question movement; that is, the interrogative pronoun appears at the end of the verb, and since the verb is usually the last word of the phrase, these wh-words, as they are called, appear phrase finally.
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