The interrogative pronouns are used to form questions; they are: who, whom, what, which, whose.
Examples:
Who can walk the dog? I can walk the dog.
To whom to I give the completed application? Give it to the receptionist.
What is the name of the movie? The movie is 'Casablanca'.
Which is your favorite flavor. My favorite is strawberry.
Whose is the winning entry? Jane made the winning entry.
Note: the interrogative pronouns are also relative pronouns, used to introduce a relative clause. Example:
The person who called was Robert.
Interrogative pronouns are used to form questions that elicit specific information. These pronouns include words like "who," "what," "where," "when," "why," and "how."
("elicit" means to draw out information or response - the word "illicit" means illegal)"I need to elicit the truth about what happened.""My attempt to elicit information over the phone was met with a barrage of irrelevant recordings.""This question is going to elicit some interesting replies.""The teachers were asked to elicit a suitable response from the students.""The developers hoped to elicit a favorable zoning plan from the council.""His bravery would elicit praise and accolades from his countrymen.""Pedophiles and perverts use the internet venues to attempt to elicit sex from teenagers."
The interrogator tried to elicit information from the criminal.
A meeting was called to elicit a solution to a problem.
Interviewing is asking questions, to get or elicit information. Counselling is giving advice. A person applying for a job may be invited to an interview, but would not be invited for counselling.
A question is an enquiry intended to elicit information.
During a jury trial, absolutely not. The only time I've ever heard a judge directly question a witness was during a non-jury trial when they wanted to elicit specific information about a complicated subjet that the witness had already tesitified to under direct and cross. Anything else, such as suggested in the question, would be MOST improper and result in a mis-trial.
Yes, rhetorical questions typically have question marks at the end to indicate that they are questions, even though they are not meant to elicit a response.
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Phishing
In linguistics, elicitation is a research method where linguists use targeted questions or tasks to prompt speakers to provide specific linguistic data, such as grammar rules, word meanings, or sentence structures. Elicitation is commonly used to collect data on languages that have not been extensively documented.
The homophone for "elicit" is "illicit." Both words sound the same but have different meanings: "elicit" means to draw out or evoke a response, while "illicit" means illegal or forbidden.
What you are trying to do is elicit an answer to your question: Elicit is to attempt to obtain. To get, to receive.