Let them talk

Participles are incomplete verb forms. In order to function as real verbs, they should be used with auxiliary verbs.

There are two kinds of participles in English: the present participle and the past participle.

To a fault
If someone does something to a fault, they do it excessively.

He is generous to a fault. (= He is too generous. He is so generous that his generosity is a fault.)

In reporting a question, the indirect speech is introduced by verbs such as asked, inquired etc.

When the question is not introduced by an interrogative word, the reporting verb is followed by if or whether.

Eat humble pie (apologize humbly)

I think I am right, but if I am wrong, I am ready to eat humble pie.

Meet something half way

Polar question
Any question which offers a choice between two possible answers. Another name for Yes-No question.

Person

The label person refers to the grammatical category which distinguishes participants in a conversation. English distinguishes three persons: first person, second person and third person.