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Faisalkhan Posted 14 years ago
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Is question mark necessary here?

You will be interested to know that why he is very poor?
  

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Hi, If it's truly a question you're going to ask somebody to make sure whether they will be interested, it should be: Will you be interested to know why he is very / so poor? Or: You will be interested to know why he is very / so poor, won't you? But if it's a way to express how surprised you are when you've known that they will be interested, it's fine just to surprisedly ask: You will be interested to know that why he is very / so poor ?

— Gigilian Nguyen

  • Hi, If it's truly a question you're going to ask somebody to make sure whether they will be interested, it should be: Will you be interested to know why he is very / so poor?
  • Or: You will be interested to know why he is very / so poor, won't you?
  • But if it's a way to express how surprised you are when you've known that they will be interested, it's fine just to surprisedly ask: You will be interested to know that why he is very / so poor ?
  • (with the mark) GN
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Hi,
If it's truly a question you're going to ask somebody to make sure whether they will be interested, it should be:
Will you be interested to know why he is very / so poor?
Or: You will be interested to know why he is very / so poor, won't you?

But if it's a way to express how surprised you are when you've known that they will be interested, it's
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faisalkhan You will be interested to know that why he is very poor?
No question mark is needed as it is not a question.

Hope this helps.
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Gigilian NguyenIf it's truly a question you're going to ask somebody to make sure whether they will be interested, it should be:Will you be interested to know why he is very / so poor?Or: You will be interested to know why he is very / so poor, won't you?
That's fine.
Gigilian NguyenBut if it's a way to express how surprised you are whe
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No question mark is needed in my opinion because it's not a question at all.
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fivejedjonIf you are asking a question, you use appropriate intonation in speech and a question mark in writing.
Actually, in the literature here, we usually express how surprised we are with sentences that end in ?. I thought English was the same. And I was just considering the situation that way, of surprising.
Thank you, fivejedjon,
GN
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