Wording the question in this manner presents the speaker with a need to respond directly to your lack of grasping something.
Weirdly enough, it's often the argument made by people who claim to be "strong" on national security, when in reality it should call into question their grasp of even the mild complexities of war.
Time magazine, which treated Reagan generously during his first year, ran a cover story in Dec. calling into question his grasp of the job.
Some might speak so quickly that they are hard to follow; others might trail off in the middle of answering a question, distracted or grasping unsuccessfully for the right words.
Some of Novogratz's fellow hedge funders have questioned his grasp of the finer details of his trading strategies.
The other night at the Mount Kisco Elementary School, dozens of men in denim jackets and dirty work boots dashed to the front of the lunchroom, shouting questions and grasping for business cards from Philip E. Berns, an immigration lawyer who had just spent two hours explaining the technicalities of 245(i).
That abstract category sounds absurdly difficult, but it wasn't: it merely required that we ask a slightly different set of questions and grasp a slightly different set of conventions, and, after two or three rounds of practice, guessing the contents of someone's mind fifty miles ago becomes as easy as guessing Winston Churchill.
Other historians questioned Valls' grasp of French republican history.
Page A12 CAIN ANTICS RAISE CONCERNS Herman Cain is becoming known for retreating after provocative statements made in a shoot-from-the-hip speaking style, which raises questions about his grasp of issues and his readiness for office.
But increasingly, Mr. Cain is becoming known for walking back provocative statements made in a shoot-from-the-hip speaking style, which raises questions about his grasp of issues and his readiness for office.
