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direct question

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direct question
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(Linguistics / Grammar) a question asked in direct speech, such as Why did you come? Compare indirect question


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Hague's curious use of "my conclusion" suggests either Cameron's deputy didn't ask a direct question of Ashcroft or receive a straight answer.
Asking them direct questions will give them a chance to give you straight forward responses and see how well they answer.
And, in answer to a direct question from interviewer Andrew Marr, he denied that he was dependent on prescription painkillers.
 
 
 
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