Thread: inflation adjusted prices

Inverted word order for English questions has certain "exceptions". "Is there any (a problem) problem?"--Correct. There may or may not be, and you want to know whether there is any. "There is any problem?" --Never said. "There('s) is a problem?"-- Can actually be said, but is used when the speaker has heard that there may be a problem, and wants confirmation as to whether there is. "Isn't there a problem?" Proposes that the speaker does in fact think there is a problem, and is asking if the listener agrees or not. "There's (is) a problem, isn't there?" (might have a period instead of question mark in some cases) Depending on intonation, could mean "I assume there's a problem... Oh no, that sucks."(Two lowering pitches, as if they were two statements) or "I thought there was a problem. Is that not actually true?"(raising pitch)......... Soooo.... Yaaay English!

Originally Posted by xXHoax

Inverted word order for English questions has certain "exceptions". "Is there any (a problem) problem?"--Correct. There may or may not be, and you want to know whether there is any. "There is any problem?" --Never said. "There('s) is a problem?"-- Can actually be said, but is used when the speaker has heard that there may be a problem, and wants confirmation as to whether there is. "Isn't there a problem?" Proposes that the speaker does in fact think there is a problem, and is asking if the listener agrees or not. "There's (is) a problem, isn't there?" (might have a period instead of question mark in some cases) Depending on intonation, could mean "I assume there's a problem... Oh no, that sucks."(Two lowering pitches, as if they were two statements) or "I thought there was a problem. Is that not actually true?"(raising pitch)......... Soooo.... Yaaay English!

"Yaaay English!" indeed, haha.

Keep in mind that there are far more natives who can't speak English properly than people learning. You guys are in the minority, so be proud that you're working so hard to speak it properly.