LessonsSupplementary Practice 2: Editing Rhetorical Expression, Context and ReasoningQuiz

تَأَخَّرَ الْقَاضِي. اشْتَدَّ الْمَطَرُ.
The judge was delayed. The rain had become heavy.

In a setting where the delay is surprising, the listener naturally asks 'Why was he late?' and the weather report can serve as an answer to an implied question. If the discourse simply lists two daily events, the same sentences need not form a question-and-answer sequence.

An implied question must arise from the previous utterance and be genuinely answered by the following one; the analyst must not manufacture it at will.

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Constraining the implied question in istiʾnāf

Supplementary Practice 2: Editing Rhetorical Expression, Context and Reasoning

تَأَخَّرَ الْقَاضِي. اشْتَدَّ الْمَطَرُ.
The judge was delayed. The rain had become heavy.

In a setting where the delay is surprising, the listener naturally asks 'Why was he late?' and the weather report can serve as an answer to an implied question. If the discourse simply lists two daily events, the same sentences need not form a question-and-answer sequence.

An implied question must arise from the previous utterance and be genuinely answered by the following one; the analyst must not manufacture it at will.