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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
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Believe it or not, I have a question in relation to punctuation.
My question is: Do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks, capitalization in my posting?
My question is: do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks in my posting.

I have two questions: how old are you, what do you do for a living.

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My question is: Do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks, capitalization in my posting? (You shouldn't use a capital D after the colon and you should use the word 'and' instead of the comma after the word 'marks'). My question is: do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks in my posting.

— Nona the brit

  • My question is: Do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks, capitalization in my posting?
  • (You shouldn't use a capital D after the colon and you should use the word 'and' instead of the comma after the word 'marks').
  • My question is: do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks in my posting.
  • This is ok.
  • I would swap the first 'my' for 'the' though.
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My question is: Do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks, capitalization in my posting? (You shouldn't use a capital D after the colon and you should use the word 'and' instead of the comma after the word 'marks').

My question is: do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks in my posting. This is ok. I would swap the first 'my' for 'the' though.
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Are you asking whether each question needs its own ? Yes, unless you join them with a conjunction.

What did you have for lunch today? Did you enjoy it?

What did you order for lunch today, and did you enjoy it?

My question is: Do you have any objection as to my use of punctuation marks or capitalization in my posting?
My question is:
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This link agrees with GG: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/question.htm

(I didn't know the answer on my own.)
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I thank you both! Your answers were the answer to my prayers - exactly what I needed.
Sarcasting edge to my previous letter by referring to my capitalization I did not mean to lend.
What I meant was asking if 'do' after the colon is to be capitalized. ;-)
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Hi Incho,

The problem with your last question is that you have a tag, so that you wouldn't usually have the format Do you mean... do you not?

You DO mean (do added for emphasis)... do you not? or simply You mean... do you not? is what we expect.

Either of these:

Do you mean, if you bought me a whiskey, would I drink it? (genuin
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Hi guys,

I have two questions: how old are you, what do you do for a living.

I'd like to offer a slightly different line of thought.

I'd prefer to say either I have two questions. How old are you? What do you do for a living?

or I have two questions: how
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>I have two questions: how old are you, and what do you do for a living.

Fiction writers wanting to display casualness for whatever reasons might write this way.
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I lived in the English NCL for one year.
Do you know how much Brown Ale I drank there?
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