Questions tagged [question-mark]
Questions about the question mark (?) that appears at the end of questions.
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Punctuating a quoted question within a quoted statement
I'm working on a story, and I find myself faced with something of a quandary.
Specifically, I need to know the proper style for the following:
“I have thousands of them,” the commissioner answered,...
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Should a question mark follow "I (do) believe"? [closed]
Should a question mark be used after
"I believe"
or
"I do believe"
My brain hurts from not being 100% correct. My O.C.D won't let it go.
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Question mark followed by a comma or semi colon in a list
Is it ever okay to follow a question mark with a comma or semi-colon? For example, would any of the following be valid?
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The main questions addressed in the literature are: who said it?, what does ...
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'Could you please share [or xyz task]'—with or without question mark?
Often, the type of sentence I have in mind, though interrogative in form, comes with a sense of being an order, not a refusable request, and people have stopped using a question mark at the end of ...
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Does the phrase "if that's fine with you" require a question mark? [duplicate]
Say I have the sentence:
I suggest we do an interview at 12 pm, if that's fine with you.
Is this sentence a direct question which requires a question mark, or should I keep it the way it is?
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Can I use a colon and a question mark at the same time? [duplicate]
What punctuation should I use with a monologue that starts out with a rhetorical question and continues with an example?
Have you ever wondered how much time we spend in situations like this one: [...
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"server, please!" -- is there a comma in there?
Related to youtube/5ycx9hFGHog, I'd like to know whether it is correct or incorrect to put a comma between "server" and "please", when writing about an act of calling one's server, whether the "please"...
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Using a full stop, question mark, apostrophe and a comma all at the same time in a sentence (in UK English)
Would
.?',
in the following sentence be correct?
A man asked 'how many are red, how many are green, etc.?', so I tried to find out.
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Should I answer this question without question mark? [closed]
I recently received by email this sentence:
Please tell me if the problem is now solved.
I usually answer any email I receive that have questions. This sentence is not a question because it does ...
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Nested question in a sentence
I was taught that any terminal punctuation marks end the sentence, however I have a particular sentence that I have been wrangling with:
In order to answer the research question “Are bi-lingual ...
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Do I need a comma after this question mark?
I want to write the folowing sentence in some work:
You went there on Thursday? for instance, is not an interrogative clause but a declarative one, even if the utterance may be a question.
In the ...
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Punctuation of a sentence that starts with a question and ends with a declaration
I'll provide the sentence and some context.
There is still so much that I do not know about college. How do I pay
bills, which classes should I take, what do TA's do, how to write a
college ...
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Question mark or period at the end of "What is your favorite song, and explain why"
Which would be correct?
What is your favorite song, and explain why? (I'm thinking this is right.)
What is your favorite
song, and explain why.
This could be written as, "What is your ...
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Should a suggestion have a question mark?
Should
Why not read our story?
have a question mark? It is a suggestion, not really a question, so I assume it shouldn't have the question mark.
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Use of ... to show deletion of text in a quote when the text before the ellipsis ends with a question mark
I would usually use ... to show that I have deleted text from a quote, however, I recently discovered an issue with this when the text ends with a question mark before the ellipsis. So if the quote is ...
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Questions without a question mark (New Yorker) [duplicate]
How to listen to music
How a City in France got out the World's first Short-Story vending machines
How we learn fairness
What makes great detective fiction according to T.S. Elliot
What went wrong at ...
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Do you always Capitalize after a question mark? [duplicate]
I'm about to send out some questions to someone.
How was it starting your own business? tougher,easier than you had expected?
Does "tougher" need to become "Tougher"?
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Proper punctuation for compound sentence with quote that is a question
How should this be properly punctuated?
What is the purpose of human existence, or is it meaningless is the question asked by Juan Valdez in "What do coffee pickers with burros think about all day (...
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Has the request “May I request you to …” to end with a question mark?
May I request you to kindly collect the brief?
or
May I request you to kindly collect the brief.
Which of the above two sentences is correctly punctuated?
Added afterwards:
This request is to ...
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How should a question which quotes a question be punctuated?
Suppose there is a sentence in question form, like the one appearing below:
Where do you belong to?
Now, if a speaker refers to that question, he will frame another sentence and will place the ...
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Using question mark in a question
I reproduce below a question:
"Which of the following is correct: 1. If you so desire, you may download the content. 2. You may download the content, if you so desire."
The question should take a ...
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Questionable statements [duplicate]
I have often wondered if there's any common view on using a question mark on a statement meant as a question, such as "I assume you've watered the plants?". Is it right/wrong/merely a written ...
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Sentences referring to questions – do they need question-marks?
Like this:
She hated the charity, but Tom would just shrug it off and tell her if people didn’t help each other out now and then, what good was living?
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When a question is nested within a question: two question marks?
If you have two questions, one embedded in the other, should there be a single, final question mark covering both the main question and the nested one, or one for each?
Here is an example:
A) ...
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Should there be a question mark in a quoted question? [closed]
This is the tweet I want to tweet:
All people repeat after me - I pledge I will not ask every co-worker I
run into on Monday, 'how was your weekend'.
Should there be a question mark after "...
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How should a question ending in a statement be punctuated, as ending it in a question mark seems a little off?
In the example in the headline to this question, the statement qualifying the question makes the punctuation seem ill-fitting...
Here's another example:
Will you be able to make a decision on ...
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Can I have multiple question marks in one sentence? [duplicate]
When I ask multiple questions at once should I break it up into multiple sentences and capitalize the first letter at the beginning of each question(?), or should I use one question mark at the very ...
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Using a colon following a question [duplicate]
Can you use a colon following a question mark? I am not sure about the colon and/or capitalization when adding the list of characteristics.
Which of the following characteristics do you ...
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Do you use a question mark or period in this sentence?
"What happened, if you don't mind me asking."
If you split this sentence into two different sentences—"What happened?" and "If you don't mind me asking."—you can tell where the question mark and the ...
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Is there a term for a question that is only a question because of a question mark? [duplicate]
I sent a friend a question in the form:
Just trying to remember how we know each other?
That is a "statement" without the question mark at the end. Is there a term for this? Since it does not ...
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Comma, quote needed before "quoted" material?
Which punctuation, if any, is correct:
A. Did you ever ask Barb, "Hey, what's the matter with you?"
B. Did you ever ask Barb, hey, what's the matter with you?
C. Did you ever ask Barb, Hey, what's ...
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Punctuating a question followed by a further comment in a sentence: position of question mark [duplicate]
I am always confused regarding the accepted placement of the question mark when there is a comment or the like following the actual question in a sentence.
Consider the following options:
Shall I ...
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How to put question mark after a quotation mark (in Chicago or MLA style)? [closed]
For example, if I want to ask a question that says:
Where is, "You know nothing, Jon Snow"
should I punctuate it as
Where is, "You know nothing, Jon Snow?"
or
Where is, "You know nothing, ...
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Comma usage when a question appears at the end of a quotation, at the end of a subordinate clause
What would be the correct way to punctuate the following sentence?
Rather than thinking, "am I being a jerk?", Johann cut to the front of the line, as he did every Tuesday.
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Punctuation for referring to a question
Is either of these an incorrect or nonstandard way to refer to a question mid sentence? Or are both of them okay?
Our experiment set out to answer the question; is running fruit under water an ...
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Is this a parenthetical phrase or an apposition?
Consider the following
What are you laughing at, my silly hat?
and
What are you laughing at? My silly hat?
Which of these is correctly punctuated, and if the first example is correct, what is ...
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"...and who knew?" or "...,and, who knew..." or "..., and who knew..."?
Maybe by joining that religion I'd be able to understand myself, and
who knew? Maybe I'd find the meaning of life.
Maybe by joining that religion I'd be able to understand myself, and,
who ...
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"Scare quotes" and placement of question mark--inside or outside?
Consider the following sentence:
Did you know you can donate "stuff"?
"Stuff" in this case means "anything besides cash." It's the lead-in to an article informing users on a charity's website that ...
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is 'do we actually know where we are going any more' a question?
I'm confused as to if
do we actually know where we are going any more
is a question or not, because of the 'do' I think yes but when read it seems like a sentence.
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Placement of question mark for a question quoting a question [duplicate]
Suppose I am writing to a friend, asking if he remembers a certain question I asked him. Do any of the following sentences correctly use the question mark?
Do you remember when I asked you "do ...
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Is it appropriate to use question marks in email? [closed]
I am a student and write to professors frequently.
And often, I have to use sentences like this -
Could you give me an appointment to meet you regarding this matter.
I am usually confused whether ...
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Ordering of question mark, closing quotation mark, and citation [closed]
Let's say I am quoting the verse "Do you like cheese?" from the Book Of Cheese.
Is it:
As it is written, "Do you like cheese?" (Book Of Cheese, 43:21)
or
As it is written, "Do you like cheese" (...
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Do I use a period or a question mark at the end of a statement that presents a question? [duplicate]
Let's say I have a statement like this:
I just saw you come online, and I wanted to see how your day was going.
Now, am I right to use the . at the end of that sentence? I've written it like this in ...
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Must the word after a question mark be capitalised where the question mark does not terminate the sentence?
Here is a sentence:
Before we can examine the implications of neuroscience for criminal law, we
must address two more fundamental questions: Why do we punish
criminals at all? and How severely ...
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Can one use a question mark after "Please"?
I'm imagining someone importuning another person. For example, if someone asked another person if he or she could come join them on an outing, and when the other person doesn't seem too keen on the ...
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If a sentence ends with a place name that ends with an exclamation mark, what punctuation should follow?
There are a few place names in the world that end with exclamation marks; for example, Westward Ho! and Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!.
I suppose there are multiple cases here:
If an ordinary statement ends ...
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Question beginning a sentence [duplicate]
If I were to write a sentence beginning with a question, where would the question mark go? It does not seem right at the end of the sentence.
For example:
Was there something changed recently ...
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Usage of "?" mid-sentence [duplicate]
I know, this problem is quite ordinary, and given enough time, I might be able to figure this one out myself, but I am also a little bit pressed for time. I'd like to include the following sentence in ...
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Punctuating a sentence which is a question followed by statement [duplicate]
Which is best?
Do we need to walk to the supermarket, as we have a car?
OR
Do we need to walk to the supermarket, as we have a car.
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Should the question mark be in the middle of a sentence?
The goal is to answer questions of the form "is vertex v connected to w?" in constant time.
Should the question mark be there? A related question is how this sentence might be made better?