Direct Question Statement
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An Direct Question Statement is a linguistic question that uses inversion, uses interrogative words, uses special intonation, and ends in a question mark.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Closed Direct Question (such as a yes-no direct question) to being an Open Direct Question).
- Example(s):
- “Are you going to Canada?”
- a wh-Question.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Indirect Question, such as “I was wondering if you are going to Canada.”
- See: Wh-Question, Question Passage.