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=== Yes–no questions ===
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A ''yes–no question'' (also called a ''polar question'',<ref name="CGEL"/> or ''general question''<ref name="Chisholm">William Chisholm, Louis T. Milic, John A.C. Greppin. Interrogativity. – John Benjamins Publishing, 1982.</ref>) asks whether some statement is true. They can, in principle be answered by a [[yes and no|"yes" or "no"]] (or similar words or expressions in other languages). Examples include "Do you take sugar?", "Should they be believed?" and "Am I the loneliest person in the world?"