Questions with 'to be' verb Interesting, in English for make questions is necessary put the verb before the person. Example: "Is he a student?". In all of my life I only put the question mark in the

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Vinicius M

Questions with 'to be' verb Interesting, in English for make questions is necessary put the verb before the person. Example: "Is he a student?". In all of my life I only put the question mark in the phrase "He is a student?" I think, I never go familiarize with the right.

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To use your examples, both are valid, but they have different implications. In the first, "is he a student?", you're actually curious if he is a student. On the other hand, if you say "he is a student?", you're expressing surprise and you don't actually believe he is a student. It's more "HE is a student?!"

I think that this is a problem that most of portuguese speakers have. I have to watch myself everytime about that.

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