Common mistake: essay question

When writing an essay, students often include a thesis statement in the form of a question. Before clicking send, make sure that your question follows these three rules:

  1. the question is not reflexive:
    *We can therefore ask ourselves
  2. the question is asked indirectly, that is to say without do or without any word order change:
    *which political questions do these documents highlight
    *what is the effect of this document is
  3. the question is asked indirectly, that is to say without a question mark:
    *which political questions these documents highlight ? .
    *what the effect of this document is ? .

=> We can therefore ask which political questions these documents highlight.
=> We can therefore ask what the effect of this document is.

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