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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

The correct punctuation required: What are you...

Hi

Which one of these sentences is correctly punctuated?

What are you going to do, refuse me?

What are you going to do refuse me?

What are you going to do? Refuse me?

What are you going to do -- refuse me?

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

1 Fine 2 No 3 Fine 4 Not wrong

  • 1 Fine 2 No 3 Fine 4 Not wrong
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6 Answers
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1 Fine
2 No
3 Fine
4 Not wrong
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Thanks, Clive.

In fact, I saw this sentence somewhere a few days ago. Please let me know what you think about its punctuation.

Hey, what are you doing working on a Sunday?

Tom
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Thanks for bearing with me, Clive.

One last question.

Why is the first sentence correctly punctuated but not the second one?

Is it because there is an understood gap between do and refuse...and this gap must be shown through the use of proper punctuation? As regards the second sentence, it can be uttered in one single breath?
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Why is the first sentence correctly punctuated but not the second one?

Is it because there is an understood gap between do and refuse...and this gap must be shown through the use of proper punctuation? Yes. The first part is the question, and the second part is then offered rhetorically as a possible answer. A period would no

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