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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

English English and the question mark

The English often reinforce a verbal statement with with a question, don't they. Does dialogue written to reflect this tone need a question mark?
  

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-- The English often reinforce a verbal statement with a question, don't they ? Yes, use a '? '

— Mister Micawber

  • -- The English often reinforce a verbal statement with a question, don't they ?
  • Yes, use a '?
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Do you mean like this?--

The English often reinforce a verbal statement with a question, don't they?

Yes, use a '?'
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I appreciate your response. Can you tell me why the question is often spoken as a statement rather than as a question and why the punctuation wouldn't follow?r
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When the tone drops instead of rises, it is a rhetorical question...which still requires a question mark.
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