Mandarin · Chapter 31 · Lesson 8 · Grammar primer
Rhetorical questions
难道, 不是...吗, 何必 and 岂不. Questions that are not questions: the polarity inverts, so a positive one makes a negative point. Also a register warning, because 难道 lands as an accusation.
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