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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Colon and Question Mark

In a title can you have a question mark and then a colon?
EX:
Gruesome, Grim, or Genius? : The Poetic Elements of Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry
  

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Anonymous In a title can you have a question mark and then a colon? I suppose that anything is possible, but I would certainly caution against it. One or the other is completely unnecessary: Gruesome, Grim, or Geniu s?

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous In a title can you have a question mark and then a colon?
  • I suppose that anything is possible, but I would certainly caution against it.
  • One or the other is completely unnecessary: Gruesome, Grim, or Geniu s?
  • The Poetic Elements of Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry Gruesome, Grim, or Geniu s: The Poetic Elements of Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry
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AnonymousIn a title can you have a question mark and then a colon?
I suppose that anything is possible, but I would certainly caution against it. One or the other is completely unnecessary:

Gruesome, Grim, or Genius? The Poetic Elements of Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry
Gruesome, Grim, or Genius: The Poetic Elements of Edgar All
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Gruesome, Grim, or Genius?: The Poetic Elements of Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry

Talk about gruesome, but I think you need the colon to make it clear that what follows is a subtitle, and the title has a question mark in it, for good or ill.
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Mister MicawberGruesome, Grim, or Genius: The Poetic Elements of Edgar Allan Poe's Poetry
I think the implication is that there are three choices in ways to view the poetry, not necessarily a question to be answered. Use the colon, but no question mark, as MM suggests here.
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