It can be considered rude to answer a question with another question because it can make a person feel like they are being dismissed or toyed with instead of receiving an honest answer. For example: Me: “Do you know what happened to the pie that I had put in the refrigerator yesterday?”
How do you respond to questions?
Rather than give the answer they expect, change tack with something outside of the normal range of answers.
- Be candid. Tell the truth when it might not be expected.
- Shower them with detail.
- Ask for more detail.
- Question the question.
- Question the questioner.
- Ask a completely different question.
Is send me correct?
“Send it to me” is correct and more commonly used. Although “send me it” is grammatically correct, it’s not commonly used in formal writing.
How many episodes are there of Answer Me This?
Welcome to Answer Me This Episode 396! Nearly 400 episodes in and several thousand questions answered, and you’re still sending us ones we have never covered before. In today’s episode, “Do voodoo dolls work, and specifically, did mine work too well?” Plus: shouting ‘geronimo!’
What was Episode 397 of Answer Me This?
Answer Me This Episode 397 is an unofficial animals special! We’ve got: Mary Shelley having sex on her mother’s grave. And if one probably-useless coffee gadget wasn’t enough, you can get your fill of a second, in today’s Bonus Bit of Crap on the App – available for Apple and Android.
Which is correct I have sent you the cheque or I have already sent?
Both are correct. It depends on what you want to say. The first is in the present perfect tense and is used to state that something has been completed. the second is in the past perfect,and is used to refer to something that has happened in the distant past. Here are examples. I have sent you the cheque.
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