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I've noticed this once or twice in the past and when I removed the question mark, you rephrased it back into a question. So I was wondering if that's what you would like me to do if I ever come across something akin this. Depending on the phrase and context, it could be easily made into a question by tacking 'okay,' 'right' or something similar to that on the end. [[User:Kory|<span style="color:Green;font:normal 10pt Papyrus, fantasy">Kory</span>]] 21:50, 8 June 2013 (CDT) |
I've noticed this once or twice in the past and when I removed the question mark, you rephrased it back into a question. So I was wondering if that's what you would like me to do if I ever come across something akin this. Depending on the phrase and context, it could be easily made into a question by tacking 'okay,' 'right' or something similar to that on the end. [[User:Kory|<span style="color:Green;font:normal 10pt Papyrus, fantasy">Kory</span>]] 21:50, 8 June 2013 (CDT) |
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| + | It's a matter of tone. In speech, which doesn't need to be 100% grammatically correct, someone can express uncertainty or questioning by raising their pitch at the end of a statement. This would be expressed with a question mark. Adding more words would break the flow and make the statement more unwieldy than it was in the original. Also, I prefer to keep the original punctuation as much as possible. --[[User:Zzhk|Zzhk]] ([[User talk:Zzhk|talk]]) 00:20, 9 June 2013 (CDT) |
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Latest revision as of 07:20, 9 June 2013
There are a couple of sentences that are phrased like a statement but are followed by a question mark. Such as:
I'm really gonna eat it?
I'm gonna?
I've noticed this once or twice in the past and when I removed the question mark, you rephrased it back into a question. So I was wondering if that's what you would like me to do if I ever come across something akin this. Depending on the phrase and context, it could be easily made into a question by tacking 'okay,' 'right' or something similar to that on the end. Kory 21:50, 8 June 2013 (CDT)
It's a matter of tone. In speech, which doesn't need to be 100% grammatically correct, someone can express uncertainty or questioning by raising their pitch at the end of a statement. This would be expressed with a question mark. Adding more words would break the flow and make the statement more unwieldy than it was in the original. Also, I prefer to keep the original punctuation as much as possible. --Zzhk (talk) 00:20, 9 June 2013 (CDT)
