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Sentences & syntax Questions

Stand: 25.10.2016

Direct questions often start with a question word or an auxiliary verb. You use them to ask people you already know.

Where is the market?
Am I going the right way?

Indirect questions are more polite.

Excuse me, can you tell me where the market is?
Do you happen to know ...?

You can also use a statement rather than a "real" question that invites to give more information:

I wonder where the market is.

Questions with hanging preposition are commonly used in spoken English:

What is this made with?
What are we waiting for?