Rhetorical questioning is…a fairly conscious technique adopted by a speaker for deliberate ends, and it is used infrequently, proportional to the length of the dialogue, oration, or conversation." [9] See also [ edit ]

Naturally when you answer a question with a question who asked a question remains in a passive-aggressive situation, and that’s not right. A ‘sincere’ question should be able to get the sincere answer it deserves. I wish our only concern was to be understood instead of using such confusing methods to make an impressive impression. Stalling – Although similar to avoiding answering a question, stalling can be used when more time is needed to formulate an acceptable answer. One way to do this is to answer the question with another question. A deflection is something that we can throw at somebody when we want to avoid answering the question. It doesn’t always need to be a question, but it’s possible to write it as one in this case. Closed questions can simply require a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ answer, for example: ‘ Do you smoke?’, ‘ Did you feed the cat?’, ‘ Would you like a cup of tea?’Answer the question” is correct without a preposition when we’re asking somebody to answer us. We typically won’t expect a correct answer; we just want a response. “Answer to the question” is used to get a more specific or correct response. The questions in this example become more restrictive, starting with open questions which allow for very broad answers, at each step the questions become more focused and the answers become more restrictive. Rule-based systems use a set of rules to determine the correct answer to a question. Statistical systems use statistical methods to find the most likely answer to a question. Hybrid systems use a combination of rule-based and statistical methods. Can this be called a phrase at all, or is it more a concept? It occurs with "why?" and "how?" questions where a closer look renders the questions self-answerable.

Question answering ( QA) is a computer science discipline within the fields of information retrieval and natural language processing (NLP) that is concerned with building systems that automatically answer questions that are posed by humans in a natural language. [1] Overview [ edit ] Moon, Rosamund (1998). Fixed expressions and idioms in English: a corpus-based approach (Oxford studies in lexicography and lexicology). Oxford University Press. p.158. ISBN 0-19-823614-X. Specialized natural-language question answering systems have been developed, such as EAGLi for health and life scientists. [6] Applications [ edit ]A rhetorical question is a question asked for a purpose other than to obtain information. [1] In many cases it may be intended to start a discourse, or as a means of displaying or emphasizing the speaker's or author's opinion on a topic. The Answer is a Question' is a valuable resource for personal development and managers in the workplace. By encouraging readers to ask the right questions and take responsibility for their growth, this book can help managers foster a culture of self-discovery and accountability amongst their team members. It depends, if we look at last year the numbers are great, but this year the numbers look less robust. As you can see, we can use “for” when there are still multiple possible answers likely for the question. There is no way to specifically attribute one answer, so we can use “for.” Both “for” and “of” are prepositions that denote ownership. In simpler terms, they both mean that the question should “own” an answer. However, some questions have no answers, while others have multiple, so there are no cases where one strict “answer” can be “owned.” How Prevalent Is The Use Of The Different Variations?

Closed questions invite a short focused answer- answers to closed questions can often (but not always) be either right or wrong. Sign up and find out why our readers call our newsletter the most influential in Business. Get the UK's leading business content straight to your inbox every week. Socratic answers” are questions that ponder the more intense things in life. They’re profound and full of emotion, designed to get the asker to think hard about their answer. Perera, R. and Perera, U. 2012. Towards a thematic role based target identification model for question answering.The “answer to the question” is only the correct form native speakers use. While all of the prepositions are technically correct, they are not common, and conceptually they are wrong. No one will use “for” or “of” when talking about a question with an answer.