Jan 14, 2011 · Yes, these two questions can have answers (all questions do, rhetorical or not), but what decides if the other person should give an answer or not (the point about anticipating or requring one) is how the asker asks the question. In a rhetorical question, there is the assumption that both the asker and the addressee know the answer and both ...

Nov 13, 2017 · A rhetorical question is a question that does't expect an answer. Strictly speaking, any question can be "rhetorical," provided that the speaker is not looking for an answer. Often, a rhetorical question does other things, such as express a soft command, tentativeness, an evaluation of the situation at hand, etc. Usually, such questions are ...

Aug 3, 2005 · Rhetorical (adj.) 4. Designating a question asked only to produce an effect or make a statement, rather than to elicit an answer or information. Chiefly in rhetorical question. 1958 J. Osborne & A. Creighton Epitaph of G Dillon (1960) 203 Barney. I take it you are interested in money? George. Is that a rhetorical question?

Feb 6, 2017 · Hi akuptsov.hse, if we accept the Longman definition of a rhetorical question: "a question that you ask as a way of making a statement, without expecting an answer", then I don't agree at all that tag questions are rhetorical. In fact, by adding a tag, the speaker invites a response. Rhetorical questions: What's in a name?

I don't know if there is a single term that captures all rhetorical questions, but in Quranic exegetis, there are the terms استفهام تقريري (question as statement) and استفهام إنكاري (question as admonishment). Examples: استفهام تقريري: أليس الله بأحكم الحاكمين؟

Jan 5, 2019 · But just because the question is posed as part of a rhetorical style doesn't mean the question itself is a "rhetorical question" in the strict sense of the term. As Fowler puts it, a rhetorical question is "put not to elicit information but as a more striking substitute for a statement. The assumption is that only one answer is possible, and ...

Oct 1, 2011 · Interesting question QP SaaHib! The current / official term is supposed to be خَطِیبانَہ سوال = rhetorical question. میں اس اصطلاح سے كلی طور پر مطمئن نہیں ہوں! شاید اس سے بہتر كچھ نہ ہو اور قیاسی سوال = conjectural question - not the same as a rhetorical question.

Dec 23, 2020 · A "rhetorical question" doesn't have an answer. A "question and answer" pair of sentences is not a rhetorical question. Your first sentence is a rhetorical question: "Why would any progressive country want to eliminate the English language?" It is a "why" question, so an answer would start with "because". But there isn't an answer.

Apr 23, 2007 · After all a rhetorical question isn't more than a question not expecting an answer, made for rhetorical effect, ie. probably in some quasi-dramatic context. It sounds to me, Confused, as though your girl harbours particularly proprietorial feelings for that camera, and reacted in a way she instantly regretted.

Jan 15, 2010 · A ctually, strictly speaking, it WAS a question, which is why it is funny, but it's what we call a rhetorical question (one that is not meant to have an answer). Last edited by a moderator: Jan 16, 2010