Buddy42
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Dear teachers,
to report questions you can use a handful of verbs, the most common of which are ask, inquire, want to know and wonder.
In the past my teacher taught me that "to wonder" is equivalent to "to ask oneself", so I'm actually wondering right now whether this verb is also appropriate when I'd like to report a question asked during a political discussion, like in:
a) Reporter in the first row: Have you ever thought of increasing the minimum wage?
The reporter in the first row wondered whether the politician had ever thought of increasing the minimum wage.
To be honest it sounds weird to me since it is a simple question and there's no "wondering" (in the sense of asking oneself) involved.
In b) it might be a slightly different situation:
b) One of students taking part in the discussion: Will employers ever accept the new regulations?
The student wondered whether employers would ever accept the new regulations.
Here, we can hear some doubt in the question which makes it a little more like wondering/asking yourself. But still, the student says it aloud, which makes it a question directed to someone.
I'd really appreciate some help here.
to report questions you can use a handful of verbs, the most common of which are ask, inquire, want to know and wonder.
In the past my teacher taught me that "to wonder" is equivalent to "to ask oneself", so I'm actually wondering right now whether this verb is also appropriate when I'd like to report a question asked during a political discussion, like in:
a) Reporter in the first row: Have you ever thought of increasing the minimum wage?
The reporter in the first row wondered whether the politician had ever thought of increasing the minimum wage.
To be honest it sounds weird to me since it is a simple question and there's no "wondering" (in the sense of asking oneself) involved.
In b) it might be a slightly different situation:
b) One of students taking part in the discussion: Will employers ever accept the new regulations?
The student wondered whether employers would ever accept the new regulations.
Here, we can hear some doubt in the question which makes it a little more like wondering/asking yourself. But still, the student says it aloud, which makes it a question directed to someone.
I'd really appreciate some help here.