Timeline for What type of question is "He's right behind me, isn't he?"
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| Jul 30, 2014 at 15:45 | comment | added | Mitch | Tee OP is looking for a term for cliches that are particularly like the one described, not all cliches (for which 'cliche' is appropriate). | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 15:41 | comment | added | Leslie Beaver | I thought rhetorical questions were answered by the person asking the question who will totally ignore what the person answering actually says but I see what you mean, it is so nearly a rhetorical question but not. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 15:08 | comment | added | Fattie | Ok ... I feel it is a rhetorical question, actually. (The fact that there's a slight chance the person 'is not there' is irrelevant. Any rhetorical question, there's a slight chance it's false.) | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 15:07 | comment | added | Leslie Beaver | It is a comedy cliche but I'm asking about that type of question in English like a leading question or a rhetorical question, not the term used for it in show business. | |
| Jul 30, 2014 at 14:54 | history | answered | Fattie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |