You could punctuate this in a few ways, in decreasing levels of formality With a colon (:) > I forgot to ask: did you find that book I told you about? With a dash (–) > I forgot to ask—did you find that book I told you about? With an ellipsis (…) > I forgot to ask…did you find that book I told you about? The colon is the most formal, the ellipsis quite informal. I personally would use a dash. The ellipsis here is used to indicate a pause or an unfinished thought, which some purists might object to (claiming that an ellipsis can only be used to indicate something which has been left out).