question word
Begins a question
A question word is a word used to form questions seeking specific information rather than yes-or-no answers.
In English, these are primarily the wh-words: who, what, where, when, why, which, and how.
Each targets a different type of information—person, thing, place, time, reason, selection, or manner: What happened?
Why did you leave?
- whoPerson-asking pronoun
- whatRequesting clarification or repetition
- howAsks about manner
- whereAt what place
- whomeverAny person whatsoever
however · pronoun · whether · which · interrogative · if · since · relative · this · why · clause · because · analogy · although · metaphor · proxy · any · when
information direction
question wordanswer
Solution to query
assertion · statement · response · reply · declaration
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