Can you start a sentence with a question?

Can you start a sentence with a question?

Nope, it isn’t. People who start questions this way usually have a first language that uses a simplified structure when asking questions; usually one that doesn’t include personal pronouns.

Can rather be used at the beginning of a sentence?

Rather than usually occurs between two things which are being compared. However, we can also use it at the beginning of a sentence. When we use rather than with a verb, we use the base form or (less commonly) the -ing form of a verb: Rather than pay the taxi fare, he walked home.

How do you begin a question?

Start the question with a “Could you please tell me” or “Do you know.” The 2 main phrases for indirect questions are “Could you please tell me…” and “Do you know…” so begin your sentence with 1 of these phrases, and follow the phrase with what you want to know.

Can you start a question with at?

1 Answer. Prepositional phrases at the beginning of sentences are common and grammatically correct. So you may start your sentence with ‘at’. When you start a sentence with a prepositional phrase, it’s usually a good idea to put a comma after it.

How do you ask a curious question?

Wait until you are both feeling calm. Ask curiosity questions from your heart….Typical curiosity questions:

1. What were you trying to accomplish?
2. How do you feel about what happened?
3. What did you learn from this?
4. How can you use what you learned in the future?
5. What ideas do you have for solutions now?

Can you start a question with rather?

Can You Start a Question With “Rather”? Although you would not do this regularly in American English, you can use “rather than” in a prepositional sentence structure to form a compound question with “rather” at the start of the sentence.

How do you rather mid sentence?

Rather sentence example

1. No, if one of us has to get snowed in up here, I’d rather it was me.
2. Thanks, but I’d rather go alone.
3. I ignored her question rather than lie.
4. Maybe he’d rather listen than talk.
5. It’s a subject I’d rather not discuss.
6. But if you’d rather take them off, go ahead.