Is it grammatical to have more than one "WH question" words in a sentence?


In English it would be strange to have more than one "WH question" word in a
sentence,

For example:

> Tomorrow, where are we meeting, at what time and to do what ?

It sounds like it's grammatical English, but nevertheless it sure sounds odd
(or an intentional joke) at best.

In Japanese, what is the stand on sentences that has more than one "WH" word?
e.g:

> 明日、何時にどこで何をしに会いますか。




It's fine, although, as in English, if you stack up too many you end up with
something faintly ridiculous, of course. (This can even be emphasised for
humorous purposes: try Googling "地球が何回回った時").

Still, I would say that Japanese is more tolerant of multiple WH- words in a
sentence than English is, maybe because in Japanese the WH- words can be left
in place rather than fronted, and so the result is less structurally
remarkable.

(Come to think of it, in English, too, multiple WH- words don't seem
particularly objectionable when they're in a non-fronted structure: "You went
WHERE with WHO?" "Wait, who said what to who now?" etc.)




It's fine, although, as in English, if you stack up too many you end up with
something faintly ridiculous, of course. (This can even be emphasised for
humorous purposes: try Googling "地球が何回回った時").

Still, I would say that Japanese is more tolerant of multiple WH- words in a
sentence than English is, maybe because in Japanese the WH- words can be left
in place rather than fronted, and so the result is less structurally
remarkable.

(Come to think of it, in English, too, multiple WH- words don't seem
particularly objectionable when they're in a non-fronted structure: "You went
WHERE with WHO?" "Wait, who said what to who now?" etc.)

