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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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How do you punctuate a rhetorical question answered by an incomplete sentence?
Why did he say that? So that we can understand his true nature.
The speaker means to give a definitive response, not to be included in the question.
The following solution will not work:
Why did he do that...so that we can understand his true nature?
The speaker means to give a definitive response, not to be included in the question.
The following solution will not work:
Why did he do that...so that we can understand his true nature?
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Hi, If you provide the answer to your question in advance, you cannot call it a rhetorical question. Why did he say that? So that we can figure out what his real nature is?
- Hi, If you provide the answer to your question in advance, you cannot call it a rhetorical question.
- Why did he say that?
- So that we can figure out what his real nature is?
- This example cannot be, strictly speaking, named a rhetorical question.
- Compare: Why does he always have to be such an idiot?
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Hi,
If you provide the answer to your question in advance, you cannot call it a rhetorical question.
Why did he say that? So that we can figure out what his real nature is?
This example cannot be, strictly speaking, named a rhetorical question.
Compare:
Why does he always have to be such an idiot?
The speaker does not really expect an answer t
If you provide the answer to your question in advance, you cannot call it a rhetorical question.
Why did he say that? So that we can figure out what his real nature is?
This example cannot be, strictly speaking, named a rhetorical question.
Compare:
Why does he always have to be such an idiot?
The speaker does not really expect an answer t
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"Why did he say that?" can be rhetorical if the person is alway saying questionable things, and you're always saying this, in exasperation, not expecting an answer. In speech you would put stress on the word "say".
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