ALTERNATIVE QUESTION Definition & Meaning

alternative question

Grammar.

a question that offers the listener a choice of two or more alternatives and is characterized by rising intonation on each alternative except for the final one, which has falling intonation, as Would you like coffee, tea, or soda?

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Then came the alternative question:

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It’s far preferable to the alternative question that threatened to dominate early camp: If and when Metcalf is going to show up.

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He argued that approving Question D would be a mistake but stopped short of endorsing the council’s alternative, Question C.

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Support fell even further than an alternative question, with less detail, was asked.

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The alternative question we have recommended addresses this.

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