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Is it correct to ask, "WHY LAUGHING?" [closed]

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Closed by System‭ on May 10, 2016 at 18:55

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is it correct to ask, WHY LAUGHING

In a scenerio where the antagonist is laughing at the hero... is it right for the hero to ask... why laughing?

I know of "why are you laughing?" but I've heard people ask "why laughing?"... and everytime I do, it sounds somehow to my ears, so I wonder,is it actually correct to ask, "WHY LAUGHING?"

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It is not grammatically correct, no. To be grammatically correct, you would use: "Why are you laughing?"

However, if your hero speaks a certain way and it would be natural for him to ask the question like that, then write "why laughing?". It all depends on your story.

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