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OK So my new chemistry teacher is French, adn she said "OK. Write in the box, 'why it is not a percentage?'"

Well this started a whole chemistry-class debate with thirty of us against her. She said tha because she put 'why' at the start, it was a question.
Is she right? Surely if the 'It is' is that way round then it is a statement, or with the question mark, a gramatically incorrect question? She said she would talk to my English tutor, and she now claims that she told her she was right.

I am very confused!
Thanks for reading it LOL, and an answer will be appreciated!
 
Yes, it should've been "why is it not a percentage?" rather than "why it is not a percentage?". I hear that particular error pretty often.

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I think the big question is, why is the whole class jumping on her case over a little grammatical error when you know what she meant to say anyways?
 
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paperdragon said:
I think the big question is, why is the whole class jumping on her case over a little grammatical error when you know what she meant to say anyways?
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Jeez I was thinking the same thng myself LOL. I don't know, maybe because they know they can get away with shouting at her than they could other members of staff.
 
Did she write this, or say it?

If she said it. And you wrote it, with a "?". Then that would be the problem.

As in...

"OK. Write in the box, 'why it is not a percentage.'"

Thats just saying to do something, to me.
 
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