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How do teachers ask to calculate expressions?
How do American/British primary school teachers ask their pupils to calculate an expression? E.g.
What is 2+3 equal to?
What is the value of 2+3?
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In particular, I'm interested whether the ...
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Rules for rising and falling intonation in similar questions - what are they?
Consider these two questions:
Would you mind saying a little bit more about that?
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What do you mean by that?
When they perform the same function, and I expect an answer to both, why ...
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“You went there?” in English [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it OK to add a question mark to show inflection?
Can we say in a conversation "You went there", and by stressing the statement, mean "Did you go?"
I know one ...
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How can I answer the question “What is the word, bird?” [closed]
I'm often asked a question "What is the word, bird?" by a manager of mine. I'm not sure what does it mean but I think it means "What's your last status update?" and I answer like I do have to do 1, 2, ...
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Is it correct to ask “what's your father?” when you actually mean to ask about his job?
What's your father?
Some said this question even exist in the visa-applying of USA, but I just couldn't understand it. Is it asking about somebody's father's job, his personality, or just what he ...
