The correct punctuation of a rhetorical question.
There's no need to end a rhetorical question with a question mark, is there. Or is there? If you write in an informal, conversational style, this question arises. It can also arise if a conversational rhetorical question is reported as speech in formal writing. It looks wrong with a plain period, but a question mark can subvert the meaning.
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There's no need to end a rhetorical question with a question mark, is there ? Actually there is. The question mark marks the sentence as a question, rhetorical or not.
- There's no need to end a rhetorical question with a question mark, is there ?
- Actually there is.
- The question mark marks the sentence as a question, rhetorical or not.
- A declarative sentence with an embedded question is not punctuated with a question mark.
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There's no need to end a rhetorical question with a question mark, is there?
Actually there is. The question mark marks the sentence as a question, rhetorical or not.
A declarative sentence with an embedded question is not punctuated with a question mark.
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