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"Answer to the question" vs."answer for the question" vs."answer of ...
Maybe with a complete sentence you might see the differences. Being incomplete just distort the meaning. You might have asked: Answer to - answer of - answer for and would have been the same effect. –
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What is a word for purposely trying to avoid answering a question ...
Is there a verb for someone trying to avoid the question at hand by digressing. Or to mess up the answer so as to create confusion? Or to give a vague answer? (At the back of my mind, there is a word that is something like 'subfugate' - which is not an actual word I realised - but something similiar or along those letters? Or I could be plain ...
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How to answer a negative question without ambiguity?
How you answer Negative Questions is exactly how you answer positive ones. So, Do you have a class? = YES, I do. Or, NO, I don't. Don't you have a class? = YES, I do. Or, NO, I don't. I understand that most non-native speakers get confused by this. Because you're reverting to how you would answer it in the local language. Hope you got it!
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"Answer to my question" or"answer on my question"?
@KedarMhaswade: You can answer the source of the external utterance (another person, a phone), but you answer to whatever the external utterance is (a word or words used in the utterance, or the form or format of the utterance): I answered her, I answered the phone, I answered to his call, I answered to my name.
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politeness - Polite way to refuse to answer a question - English ...
5. If you want to be forthright, you can say,"I'd rather not say." If you want to be a little less blunt, you can say,"It's hard to say," which as ambiguous enough to allow a little freedom. In a more informal setting,"You never know..." is a good way to deflect a question. Share. Improve this answer.
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