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Henry74 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Don't you
Hi,
I'm not sure how to punctuate the following sentence with respect to "don't you" inserted in the middle of it rather than at the end.
- You do realize, don't you, that if you...
That seems the most natural to me, but there's no question mark. Is that a problem?
Should I write both the question mark and the comma?
- You do realize, don't you?, that if you...
Or maybe ignore capitalization after the question mark
- You do realize, don't you? that if you...
Alternatively I think I could write
- You do realize – don't you? – that if you...
but that looks like an overkill to me.
What do you think? Are there other alternatives? How do you do it?
Thank you for your help
H.
I'm not sure how to punctuate the following sentence with respect to "don't you" inserted in the middle of it rather than at the end.
- You do realize, don't you, that if you...
That seems the most natural to me, but there's no question mark. Is that a problem?
Should I write both the question mark and the comma?
- You do realize, don't you?, that if you...
Or maybe ignore capitalization after the question mark
- You do realize, don't you? that if you...
Alternatively I think I could write
- You do realize – don't you? – that if you...
but that looks like an overkill to me.
What do you think? Are there other alternatives? How do you do it?
Thank you for your help
H.
Top answer
Henry74 - You do realize, don't you, that if you... This is correct, but put a question mark at the end of the sentence (unless you feel it is not genuinely a question, which can sometimes be the case with this kind of pattern).
- Henry74 - You do realize, don't you, that if you...
- This is correct, but put a question mark at the end of the sentence (unless you feel it is not genuinely a question, which can sometimes be the case with this kind of pattern).
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Henry74- You do realize, don't you, that if you...This is correct, but put a question mark at the end of the sentence (unless you feel it is not genuinely a question, which can sometimes be the case with this kind of pattern).
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