A : "Why didn't you turn up"? B : "What makes you think so"?
A : "What time were you there"? B : "What time did we agree on"?
A : "Wasn't it 9.00"? B : "Hadn't you said that would be late"?
A : "So what time did you come"? B : "Precisely 8.00 as agreed"

At last the chain of questions countered by questions is broken and the simple information sought became eventually availed. This is an example of questions being denied information by counter-questions. It is an ugly habit, which is not only annoying and time-wasting but also ill-mannered.

Some children are normally found with this habit. Sadly, many of them grow up hardening the habit. They cannot be said to have cultivated 8" congenial disposition. They fail to retain friends. What is worse, the marriage is put at risks if one of the spouses has the habit of responding to questions with questions.

A wife cautiously asked the husband after a few days of the marriage: "Why do you have the habit of avoiding answering a question by a counter question"? His reply was: "Who says this"?

Ugly Habit
The purpose of conversation is communication, which mainly includes exchanging or