What is a question you already know the answer to?

What is a question you already know the answer to?

Hear this out loudPauseWhen you ask a rhetorical question, you don’t really expect an answer. When something is rhetorical that means it is made for style or effect, likewise a rhetorical question is a question that is asked for mere effect, rather than a question that needs to be answered.

Has asked vs asked?

Hear this out loudPause”I already asked her” is in simple past tense, indicating that the event occurred in the past. “I have already asked her” is in present perfect tense and is used in situations where a past event has relevance to the current situation.

Can a question be rude?

Hear this out loudPauseIt can be considered rude to answer a question with another question because it can make a person feel like they are being dismissed or toyed with instead of receiving an honest answer. For example: Me: “Do you know what happened to the pie that I had put in the refrigerator yesterday?”

What tense is had started?

Hear this out loudPauseThe phrase “had started” is “past tense”, so the statement technically focuses on something that happened in the past. Even though this sentence is describing something about the past, we can safely infer something about the current situation.

When do you use ” already ” in a question?

Students: We have free audio pronunciation exercises. Whereas still and yet normally refer to present and future circumstances, already normally refers to something that is in the present or recent past. It is mainly used in questions and affirmative sentences and usually expresses surprise that something has happened sooner than expected.

When to use I have already asked from c?

To go straight to the answer, I have already asked from C is ungrammatical, because in most contexts ask is complemented by an indirect object (C) and not a preposition phrase (from C) to refer to the person asked. It has to be I have already asked C. A: Hello B, can I go? B: Ask C first.

Can a never heard already be used in a question?

Each case must be judged individually. I see nothing wrong with your examples – and I never heard already should only be used to express surprise in questions! Your first source says that already usually expresses surprise; it doesn’t say it always expresses surprise.

When do you use the word ” already ” in a sentence?

Yes, I finished it about five minutes ago. “Already is used to say that something is in the present or past, not the future. It may express some surprise – for example, because something has happened sooner than expected. “When’s Sally going to come?” “She’s already here.” ” Have you already finished? That was quick!