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I wonder if we need to use a question mark following "I wonder" for requesting something.

For example: I was wondering if you'd like to come to the cinema with me this evening?

Is using the question mark correct here?

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  • No. It's not a question but a statement.
    – Kris
    Sep 12, 2019 at 11:26
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    If you're looking for a "Yes" answer (and possibly dreading a "No"), you're soliciting a reply and the question mark is certainly justified. Declarative questions take question marks. If you're just making a statement: "What are you thinking about? ... "I was wondering if you'd like to come to the cinema with me this evening." the question mark is inappropriate.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Sep 12, 2019 at 15:52

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Maybe, but I wouldn't, since the question "I was wondering if you'd like to come to the cinema with me this evening" is indirect. You can give it the overt form of a question by using auxiliary inversion with rising intonation: "I was wondering would you like to come to the cinema with me this evening?", and then the question mark is okay.

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