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What (who) is awkward question - definition
The Awkward Squad; Awkward Squad
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List of Awkward episodes
WIKIMEDIA LIST ARTICLE
Awkward episodes; Pilot (Awkward.); List of Awkward. episodes
Awkward is an American teen comedy-drama series created by Lauren Iungerich which aired on MTV. The show's central character is teenager Jenna Hamilton (Ashley Rickards), who struggles with her identity, especially after an accident is misconstrued as a suicide attempt.
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.
Wikipedia
Awkward squad
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An awkward squad is a group of individuals, normally within an existing organisation or structure, who resist or obstruct change, either through incompetence or by deliberate association.
Examples of use of awkward question
1. When asked an awkward question he would sound affronted and swallow half of his words in an effort to emphasise only those that he considered positive.
2. The president probably will not be able to avoid an awkward question or two about the recent passage of a law restricting NGOs and a spy scandal purportedly involving British diplomats who authorized grants for NGOs, analysts said.
3. And yet an awkward question hovers over Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson‘s China trip this week: How to deal with a country that appears to distort trade not through tariffs or quotas but through currency and savings policies?
4. Nick Cohen Sunday August 6, 2006 The Observer The awkward question for those who want an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon is what will happen if the Iranians order Hizbollah to start fighting again.
5. No matter how large, the trade unions have to change Since Tony Blair became Labour leader in 1''4, Britains trade union movement has been forced to answer an increasingly awkward question that for the previous five decades it had taken for granted: Is there a point to the unions, and if so, what?