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JaCKo__007 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Punctuation after a sequence of questions?
Hi everybody! I'm fresh around here.
Was wondering if anyone could help me out with a couple of questions.
The first is: say you have a series of questions one after another. What kind of punctuation would you use in between. Would it be simply: Why did you do this? Where is he? How could you have ever come up with such a thing? How dare you? Are you completely mad? Or would you use commas or semi-colons in between, or maybe something else?
The other question I have is:
Say you had a book with a multitude of chapters. And the main ones, of which there are 4, were all written in uppercase. What about the rest then? Would you write the chapters using the capitals rules for titles, or would you use capitals only for the first word of the chapter title? I've noticed books had descrepancies on this subject - maybe there's a difference between AmE and BrE?
Thanks a bunch!
Was wondering if anyone could help me out with a couple of questions.
The first is: say you have a series of questions one after another. What kind of punctuation would you use in between. Would it be simply: Why did you do this? Where is he? How could you have ever come up with such a thing? How dare you? Are you completely mad? Or would you use commas or semi-colons in between, or maybe something else?
The other question I have is:
Say you had a book with a multitude of chapters. And the main ones, of which there are 4, were all written in uppercase. What about the rest then? Would you write the chapters using the capitals rules for titles, or would you use capitals only for the first word of the chapter title? I've noticed books had descrepancies on this subject - maybe there's a difference between AmE and BrE?
Thanks a bunch!
Top answer
Hi there Jacko, Welcome to the forums. First question: You should use a ? after each question.
- Hi there Jacko, Welcome to the forums.
- First question: You should use a ?
- after each question.
- Be aware, though, that more than a couple questions in a row could be seen as ...
- well, a bit like an inquisition.
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Hi there Jacko,
Welcome to the forums.
First question: You should use a ? after each question. Be aware, though, that more than a couple questions in a row could be seen as ... well, a bit like an inquisition. (In your example, the "How dare you" sounds like it should be "How dare you!")
Second questin: I'm not sure what you mean, I'm afraid. Do you mean the chapter t
Welcome to the forums.
First question: You should use a ? after each question. Be aware, though, that more than a couple questions in a row could be seen as ... well, a bit like an inquisition. (In your example, the "How dare you" sounds like it should be "How dare you!")
Second questin: I'm not sure what you mean, I'm afraid. Do you mean the chapter t
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JaCKo__007Hi everybody! I'm fresh around here.
Was wondering if anyone could help me out with a couple of questions.
The first is: say you have a series of questions one after another. What kind of punctuation would you use in between. Would it be simply: Why did you do this? Where is he? How could you have ever come up with such a thing? How dare you? A
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