Definition of Interrogatives

1. Noun. (plural of interrogative) ¹

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Definition of Interrogatives

1. interrogative [n] - See also: interrogative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interrogatives

interrogation-points
interrogation mark
interrogation marks
interrogation point
interrogation points
interrogational
interrogations
interrogative
interrogative adjective
interrogative adjectives
interrogative mood
interrogative pronoun
interrogative pronouns
interrogative sentence
interrogatively
interrogatives (current term)
interrogator
interrogatories
interrogators
interrogatory
interrogatrix
interrogee
interrogees
interrow
interrupt
interrupt request
interrupt requests
interruptable
interrupted
interrupted fern

Literary usage of Interrogatives

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Structure of the English Language, Or, The Analysis and by Samuel Stillman Greene (1862)
"This lesson should be studied in connection irith Section IX. page 12J interrogatives are words used in asking questions. N There are three kinds of ..."

2. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Demonstratives, interrogatives, and Relatives Latin traditionally distinguished three degrees of ... The interrogatives were QUIS (mas.-fem.) and QUID. ..."

3. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold, Jesse Ames Spencer (1853)
"(a) interrogatives, except ne, take the first place in an indi- rect question that follows the principal sentence : but, 77. (Z>) In direct questions, ..."

4. Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller (1911)
"ARTICLE WITH interrogatives. — The article with substantive and adjective interrogatives is found chiefly in dramatic poetry and in dialogue. ..."

5. The American Quarterly Register by American Education Society (1843)
"... an analysis, which seriously affects the statements concerning interrogatives in our most approved grammars. The interrogative words in English are who, ..."

6. Ethiopic Grammar by August Dillmann, Carl Bezold (1907)
"(2) interrogatives may of course spring from Demonstrative roots like ih and >., through the influence of the tone (§ 62). But as the influence of the tone ..."

7. A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Or South-Indian Family of Languages by Robert Caldwell (1875)
"There are two classes of interrogatives in the Dravidian languages—viz., interrogative pronouns or adjectives, such as, who ? which ? what ? and syntactic ..."

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