Grammar fix
simple question
easy question
A question that is easy to understand or answer, often because it does not require much thought or knowledge.
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Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
Let me start with a simple question: What is your name?
In the speaking test, the examiner began with a simple question about my hometown.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: Can I do you a simple question?
Say: Can I ask you a simple question?
You ASK a question, not 'do' one.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
Natural; 'pose a question of an uncomplicated nature' is absurdly stiff.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
a simple question
- ask
- just
- quick
- answer