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Did you know " What she looks like?"?  Questions: Do you need to  captialize "what"?Do you  need a question mark after the first one?Thank you

Likeguslee · Accepted Answer

Did you know what she looked like?

Do you know what is the matter with him?

There is no need to capitalize what or put a quote around the what clause.

Inchoateknowledge · Answer

If within the quotation marks there is a grammatical sentence, start with a capital letter.
Your punctuation is almost perfect -- do not leave a space between " and "What" -- however, I can not imagine any real life situation where this sentence can appear.
Did you know "!! What she looks like?"?
Did you know "What she looks like?"?

Cool Breeze · Answer

LikegusleeDid you know what she looked like?

Do you know what is the matter with him?

There is no need to capitalize what or put a quote around the what clause.

Even better: Do you know what the matter with him is?

Cheers
CB

BarbaraPA · Answer

First of all, "What she looked like" is not a question, and should not have a question mark.

Most style guides will tell you to not use a ? inside a ? - use only one.

Here is one example: http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp

Rule 3: When you have a question outside quoted material AND inside quoted material, use only one question mark and place it inside the quotation mark. Did she say, "May I go?"

So: Did he ask, "What does she look like?" is the proper punctuation.

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