The statistics shows that, this is a legal form. In many languages as in my native language - Bulgarian - it is possible to ask a question in general form - without personal pronoun. Apparently this is the reason why 2 of my 4 questions begin with "How to..." :) <pre> +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Stack Exchange | Questions # | How to Q # | How to Q % | +----------------+-------------+------------+------------+ | Unix & Linux | 124,443 | <a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/search?tab=votes&q=title%3a%22how%20to%22">17,855</a> | 14.3% | | Stack Overflow | 14,598,565 | <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&q=title%3a%22how%20to%22">1,966,679</a> | 13.5% | | Ask Ubuntu | 272,812 | <a href="https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&q=title%3a%22how%20to%22">33,412</a> | 12.2% | | Server Fault | 249,373 | <a href="https://serverfault.com/search?tab=votes&q=title%3a%22how%20to%22">22,056</a> | 8.8% | | ... | ... | ... | ... | | English Lang.. | 42,561 | <a href="https://ell.stackexchange.com/search?tab=votes&q=title%3a%22how%20to%22">1,581</a> | 3.7% | +--------------------------------------------------------+ </pre>