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Notes (c) Life is a bed of thorns.
(d) He was a fool to decline her offer.
(e) Harsha was the greatest scholar that ever ruled over India.
(f) His parents are illiterate.
(g) Only fools can do so.
(ii) Transform the following sentences from Negative to Affirmatives without altering the
sense:
(a) I leave nothing unfinished.
(b) He is not blind to his own interests.
(c) This mango is not unripe.
(d) You are not in the good books of your teachers.
(e) His voice was not inaudible.
(f) He does not deny that he is to blame.
(g) They did not find the road very bad.
(h) None but a man of guts can oppose him.
2.1.5 Interchange of Interrogative and Assertive Sentences
Questions may be asked to get information or to suggest the answer that the speaker expects. An
Affirmative question suggests a Negative Answer while a Negative Question suggests a Positive Answer.
EXAMPLES
(A)
1. Interrogative : When can their glory fade?
Assertive : Their glory can never fade.
2. Interrogative : Who can put up with such treatment?
Assertive : None can put up with such treatment.
3. Interrogative : Who wastes time?
Assertive : It is foolish to waste time?
4. Interrogative : What, if he fails?
Assertive : It does not matter much, if he fails.
5. Interrogative : Who does not want to be happy?
Assertive : Everybody wants to be happy.
6. Interrogative : Is virtue not its own reward?
Assertive : Virtue is its own reward.

(B)
1. Assertive : We cannot please everybody.
Interrogative : Can we please everybody?
2. Assertive : Nothing succeeds like success.
Interrogative : Does anything succeed like success?
3. Assertive : Man cannot die better than facing fearful odds.
Interrogative : How can man die better than facing fearful odds?
Self-Assessment
4. (i) Transform the following questions into Assertive Sentences:
(a) Is this the way to behave?
(b) Is there any place like home?

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