this is a statement

[dot.hawkes]

the ed offended me by implying I do not know the difference between a statement and a question.

this is a question:
is a question not that far from a statement and really just about perception?

[Buenchico]

According to my dictionary, a question is a "sentence adapted by order of words, use of interrogative pronoun or question mark, or other means, to elicit information".

Accordingly, Dot, my question has to be this:
"Exactly what information are you trying to elicit?" ;-)

Chris

[dot.hawkes]

basically how much is this night shift ed earning ph AND IF IT IS NATIONAL minimum wage they are being done up like a kipper.

[dot.hawkes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eOj0z3q-NY

[Buenchico]

Careful Dot!

If you post links to 'Mr Ed', you might be giving your age away :-)

Chris

[jno]

oh dear, if they're being paid overtime, you know what this means... the AB platinum members' subscriptions going up again. That's twice in a year. And I'm still waiting for them to replace the cut glass decanter in the spring catalogue that arrived chipped. I may have to cancel and go back to level 1 membership, but then who pays for the night moderating?

[dot.hawkes]

jno i am still waiting for the decanter.

I have to argue the point further that a good debate is not necessarily in response to a question, but can be triggered by a statement , therefore if I were to put a statement up and it generated valid answers, it should be quite acceptable.

I used to have a Mr Ed annual. My Mother The Car replaced it on UK TV though.

[Octavius]

Hmm, I dunno Dot. My bank often sends me a statement (which elicits information) and I question my wife about where all our money has gone. She often doesn�t elicit sufficient information. So does this mean that when I question the wife about a statement that the elicitation of information comes from the statement or the question? And who is right, me? Or the wife!

[dot.hawkes]

You answered your own question there Octavius lol It is of course your wife, you men learn nothing do you? :))

[Craig007]

The question " Who is right, me or the wife?" is a rhetorical one, as in all cases the answer is.... the wife! :o)

[dot.hawkes]

Rhetorical questions should not be allowed on ab, they usually have an element of fantasy that promotes silliness. tut

[Octavius]

Surely the correct answer would have been a simple �no� since the question was about me being right?

The bit about the wife was a statement.

[dot.hawkes]

There is no correct answer to any hyperthetical or rhetorical question Octavius, and the question about whether your wife was right was neither, it is what is known as a fore gone conclusion.

[Octavius]

So, am I right?

[dot.hawkes]

Invariably no.

[Craig007]

Octavius, the correct answer should have been a simple 'no', and don't call me Shirley! ;o)

[dot.hawkes]

actually, on reviewing the email from the ed, the ed actually told me that some of my question had been edited because it was ' a (correct) statement' the ed's choice of words not mine, but infact the eds statement was not a correct statement because the question (statement) I had posted had not been edited in part, it had been banned. There is a big difference between part of it being edited because it is correct, statement or no, and all of it being deleted.

[Octavius]

So what part of your statement is a suggestion? Doesn�t look like a question to me so I would surmise it could potentially be in the right place? Even though this is a Q&A site. Perhaps your post was questioned because it was viewed as a statement, in which case this thread containing a further statement without suggestion or a question should be deleted also?

If one thing, the AB Ed is certainly consistent in inconsistency.

[Octavius]

Or is that content in incontinence�. (statement not a question?)

[dot.hawkes]

good question Octavius.

[dot.hawkes]

That is a statement, not an answer, nor a question even.