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"How to ... ?" questions might be wrong grammar. Will it help dropping the question mark for all questions or warning the user ator something the time of writinglike?
"How to ... ?" questions might be plain wrong
I see "How to ... ?" questions every day. Only some month ago I learnt that this is plainmight be wrong, see:
"How to ... ?" questions might be wrong grammar. Will it help dropping the question mark for all questions or warning the user at the time of writing?
"How to ... ?" questions might be plain wrong
I see "How to ... ?" questions every day. Only some month ago I learnt that this is plain wrong, see:
"How to ... ?" questions might be wrong grammar. Will it help dropping the question mark for all questions or warning the user or something the like?
"How to ... ?" questions might be wrong
I see "How to ... ?" questions every day. Only some month ago I learnt that this might be wrong, see:
Automatically drop the wrong question mark in all trailing "How to ... ?" questions might be wrong grammar. Will it help dropping the question mark for all questions or "warn"warning the user at the time of writing?
snippet from the main answer that says that it is not right
The usage of how to to ask a question is a direct translation from the learner's own language: it is not correct as a question in English. The expression is used in titles, for example "How to win friends and influence people".
Mind that this answer does not say anything about "How to ...?", but only about "How to ...". So that this would mean that the latter is also wrong, so that dropping the question mark, as discussed here, would not make it right either. Yet, there is another answer saying (see this other answer at "Can “How to” be a question?":
Are you talking of asking some guy How do I kill an insect ?, versus How to kill an insect ? ? If so, I believe the latter is not grammatically correct.
I think How to is used more in titles and such (not in the question form), for example: How to kill all the insects in your house in less than 3 hours.
This is just one voice out of many. But it is a hint that some see it as wrong. And I do not find a proof that it is not wrong.
Asking Questions in English - Youtube - even if this is a very easy beginner's guide, it tells you to ask a question in a full sentence, with a verb in it, so that only "How do I ...?" would be good to go. It does not say anything about "How to ...?" or "How to ..." in a titleheading.
The usage of how to to ask a question is a direct translation from the learner's own language: it is not correct as a question in English. The expression is used in titles, for example "How to win friends and influence people".
Asking Questions in English - Youtube - even if this is a very easy beginner's guide, it tells you to ask a question in a full sentence, with a verb in it, so that only "How do I ...?" would be good to go. It does not say anything about "How to ...?" or "How to ..." in a title.
The usage of how to to ask a question is a direct translation from the learner's own language: it is not correct as a question in English. The expression is used in titles, for example "How to win friends and influence people".
Mind that this answer does not say anything about "How to ...?", but only about "How to ...". So that this would mean that the latter is also wrong, so that dropping the question mark, as discussed here, would not make it right either. Yet, there is another answer saying (see this other answer at "Can “How to” be a question?":
Are you talking of asking some guy How do I kill an insect ?, versus How to kill an insect ? ? If so, I believe the latter is not grammatically correct.
I think How to is used more in titles and such (not in the question form), for example: How to kill all the insects in your house in less than 3 hours.
This is just one voice out of many. But it is a hint that some see it as wrong. And I do not find a proof that it is not wrong.
Asking Questions in English - Youtube - even if this is a very easy beginner's guide, it tells you to ask a question in a full sentence, with a verb in it, so that only "How do I ...?" would be good to go. It does not say anything about "How to ...?" or "How to ..." in a heading.
snippet from the main answer that says that it is not right
