Anonymous  +  928039 Sun, 04 Oct 09 04:17 PM Most Questions are asked in invented order rather than normal order?   Anonymous

	Clive  +  928062 Sun, 04 Oct 09 04:40 PM Hi, Most Questions are asked in inverted invented order rather than normal order?   I'd say that's definitely true. However, as you no doubt intend, your question itself shows that questions can be asked and understood without inversion.   It's a very common characteristic of informal English. In speech, the inflection of the voice shows it's a question. In writing, the question mark is important.    Best wishes, Clive   Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,678 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Languages

	AlpheccaStars  +  928078 Sun, 04 Oct 09 04:49 PM Why are most questions asked in invented order rather than normal order? We distinguish the mood of the sentence grammatically by the structure of the sentence. For interrogative mood (asking questions), the helping verb is inverted with the subject. Also, the sentence can start with an interrogative pronoun. The sentence ends with the question mark punctuation. This signals for us to raise our tone at the end of the question instead of lowering it as in the end of a indicative sentence. AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) Verbs, Pronouns, Punctuation, Question Marks, Helping Verbs, Writing, Sentences