# Thread Games: Have the kind "questions" within threads, and responses, become more personal? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 14, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-games-have-the-kind-questions-within-threads-and-responses-become-more-personal/816096 "2018-06-14T16:05:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-games-have-the-kind-questions-within-threads-and-responses-become-more-personal/816096/23 "2018-06-15T17:31:19Z")
Tell me which sentences you don’t understand. Start with the subject line, which, yes, misses the word “of” before “questions.” Yes, the word “about”–doesn’t match “regarding”–but it was a lapse because “asked” and “answered” really should be handled differently, but the whole “asked-and-answered” is considered (roughly here) as one set, and I would not let that slide in formal composition. The first poster asked this, which allowed the usual slow readers to pile on and have fun: “Are you asking if questions and answers in thread games are revealing more personal information than they used to?..” Asked: See the large type sentence with the question mark. It announce the query, and the rest of the OP. Even if there is not a single query mark in the rest of the post. I’m sorry if the missing “of” tripped you up. “Are you concerned, intrigued, or delighted by this change?” Answered: Did you read or understand the last sentence of OP? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-games-have-the-kind-questions-within-threads-and-responses-become-more-personal/816096)._