2. _Can_` such inconsistent measures be adopted`?

3. _Did_` you ever hear of such cruel barbarities`?

4. _Is_ this reason`? _Is_` it law`? _Is_ it humanity`?

5. _Was_` not the gentleman's argument conclusive`?


RULE II.

Indirect questions, or those which can not be answered by _yes_ or _no_,
usually take the _falling_ inflection, and their answers the same.

1. How far did you travel yesterday`? Forty miles`.

2. Which of you brought this beautiful bouquet`? Julia`.

3. Where do you intend to spend the summer`? At Saratoga`.

4. When will Charles graduate at college`? Next year`.

5. What is one of the most delightful emotions of the heart`? Gratitude`.

NOTE I.--When the indirect question is one asking a repetition of what
was not, at first, understood, it takes the _rising_ inflection.

EXAMPLES.