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What (who) is absurd question - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
The absurd; The Absurd; Absurd (disambiguation)
Absurd
·noun An Absurdity.
II. Absurd ·adj Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and fiatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; as, an absurd person, an absurd opinion; an absurd dream.
question tag
GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE WHICH TURNS A STATEMENT INTO A QUESTION
Question tag; Question tags; Tag questions; Question marker; Isn't it; Question tail
(question tags)
In grammar, a question tag is a very short clause at the end of a statement which changes the statement into a question. For example, in 'She said half price, didn't she?', the words 'didn't she' are a question tag.
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Tag question
GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE WHICH TURNS A STATEMENT INTO A QUESTION
Question tag; Question tags; Tag questions; Question marker; Isn't it; Question tail
A tag question (UK English, question tag) is a construction in which an interrogative element is added to a declarative or an imperative clause. The resulting speech act comprises an assertion paired with a request for confirmation.
Examples of use of absurd question
1. Now they are asking whether the senator from Illinois has somehow "transcended race," which I find an equally absurd question.
2. What might have seemed an absurd question less than two years ago is now one of the most important issues in American politics.
3. McCLELLAN÷ That‘s a pretty absurd question that you just raised, and I think in terms of the reports last week, we went through that and addressed that directly.
4. When Amy Chozick of the Wall Street Journal asked about how combative Clinton would be in tonight‘s debate with Obama, Singer informed her that it was an "absurd" question.
5. "Generally, people recover after 18 months or two years." Game as the attempt to provide a sensible reply is, I must confess I had expected to be told that it was a perfectly absurd question and no one else‘s business but those involved.