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Definition of Interrogatives
1. interrogative [n] - See also: interrogative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interrogatives
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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