Editing Interrogative (section)

==Question types==
Interrogative sentences are generally divided between [[yes–no question]]s, which ask whether or not something is the case (and invite an answer of the [[yes and no|yes/no]] type), and [[wh-question|''wh''-questions]], which specify the information being asked about using a word like ''which'', ''who'', ''how'', etc.

An intermediate form is the ''choice question'', ''disjunctive question'' or ''alternative question'', which presents a number of alternative answers, such as "Do you want tea or coffee?"

''Negative questions'' are formed from [[negative (grammar)|negative]] sentences, as in "Aren't you coming?" and "Why does he not answer?"

[[Tag question]]s are questions "tagged" onto the end of sentences to invite confirmation, as in "She left earlier, '''didn't she?'''"

[[Indirect question]]s (or ''interrogative content clauses'') are [[subordinate clause]]s used within sentences to refer to a question (as opposed to ''direct questions'', which are interrogative sentences themselves). An example of an indirect question is ''where Jack is'' in the sentence "I wonder where Jack is." English and many other languages do not use [[inversion (grammar)|inversion]] in indirect questions, even though they would in the corresponding direct question  ("Where is Jack?"), as described in the following section.