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Yes-No question

A question which expects yes or no as an answer.

Examples are:

  • Are you coming with us?
  • Is she ready?
  • Has John come yet?

In English, a yes-no question differs from its corresponding statement only in word order. For example, the statement She is coming with us has the corresponding yes-no question Is she coming with us?, in which the auxiliary is is moved to the beginning of the sentence.

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