"Please let me know if there are any questions" - question or statement?
Hi all,
I was composing an email with a colleague to a group of managers in our department and ended it with "Please let me know if there are any questions". My colleague was adamant that there should be a question mark on the end because of the 'if', whereas I couldn't help but not agree. To me, 'if there are any questions' is a prepositional phrase, and the remaining "Please let me know" is simply a statement that gives a command - i.e. not a sentence that requires a question mark.
Who is correct here, and why? I'm really interested to know. Thanks!
Top answer
guava air 81 Please let me know if there are any questions . No question mark, please! "if there are any questions" is an indirect question (an embedded question), and these do not in themselves trigger the use of a question mark.
- guava air 81 Please let me know if there are any questions .
- No question mark, please!
- "if there are any questions" is an indirect question (an embedded question), and these do not in themselves trigger the use of a question mark.
- It's only the main clause that governs the question mark.
- Can you please tell me if there are any questions?
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guava air 81Please let me know if there are any questions.
No question mark, please!
"if there are any questions" is an indirect question (an embedded question), and these do not in themselves trigger the use of a question mark. It's only the main clause that governs the question mark.
Can you
0You're right. It's not a question.
I don't know why your colleague thinks that 'if' indicates it is a question.
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