I was thrown!

Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I was thrown!

I wouldn't have thought the very last sentence would be a question, so I had a guess and got it wrong of course.

Should it have ended more better?

Asked 4 years ago
CécileKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Hi Martin,

The last sentence -

Et toi, où habites-tu ?  = What about you, where do you live?

can only be a question so not sure what you mean...

Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Just the finishing of a dialogue, why would it end with a question that's all.

Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Interesting observation! The structure is used often in teaching where a narrator talks to an audience and tells the audience  about something, and then at the end says “What about your situation?”. I hadn’t really noticed that this device was being used in a conversation between two people until you mentioned it, leaving a question unnaturally hanging at the end. 

I was thrown!

I wouldn't have thought the very last sentence would be a question, so I had a guess and got it wrong of course.

Should it have ended more better?

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