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Kwon Ki Poong Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Colon and question mark

Can I use question mark in examples linked with colon?

e.g. It raised many questios such as: can i go now?; how old is she?; why am I still alone?; and the like

Is this sentence grammatically right?
  

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Hi there. Welcome t the Forums! It's not correct.

  • Hi there.
  • Welcome t the Forums!
  • It's not correct.
  • You can iterate through them without semicolon and, what is more important, you have to capitalize first letters of each sentence even after a colon.
  • Kwon Ki Poong It raised many questios such as: Can I go now?
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Hi there. Welcome t the Forums!

It's not correct. You can iterate through them without semicolon and, what is more important, you have to capitalize first letters of each sentence even after a colon.
Kwon Ki PoongIt raised many questios such as: Can I go now? How old is she? Why am I still alone?
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the-greatest-number-that-you-can-count-times thanks!

thank you for your quick answer.

BTW this raises another question; that is,

does this rule apply to ordinary sentences?

e.g. the first page must include: the title which sould be short; the names and addresses; and the abstract.

do you think this sentence is wrong again?

should I write:

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