People who end sentences with a question mark? When there is no clear question?

[HappenstanceMarmite]

AIBU to fucking hate and judge dislike and disapprove of this trend?

[Moln]

Hmmm I see; inserting a question mark randomly is weird (and wrong). Though your example I'd read that as someone offering and idea of advice where they feel there could well be factors their suggestion null and void. The question mark alludes to the question:


"I would suggest prescribing X course of action, unless there's Y and Z that means X couldn't occur. Is that the case here?"

[Jackie0]

Good God I've only ever heard the rising inflection in speech, I had no idea people were putting it in writing as well.
I would have to pull them on it .

[ladydepp]

I think I might do it occasionally?

But I really don't mean to?

[HappenstanceMarmite]

No Moln I didn't mean as per the examples you've given which, I agree, are grammatically correct ? It is more this sort of nonsense:
"I would suggest prescribing X course of action?"

Just shuddered writing that 😳

[Moln]

I'm with MaidofStars on this. It is an acceptable format to add a question mark to the end of a sentence that doesn't contain a 'question' word. You can also leave question marks off sentence that contain question words and be grammatically correct.

Though maybe you don't mean that?

[wasonthelist]

Almost everyone Iwork with does this. They are mostly Americans, with a few English Southerners thrown in. Even my Swedish colleague has caught it. I don't like it, but I think I'm swimming against the tide. I've heard loads of interviewees on R4 and 5 doing it too, some quite senior folk.

[GloriaSmellens]

'I do it to show that I'm not sure if the statement I'm making is correct in a sort of informal way'

Bloody phone

[GloriaSmellens]

I do this sometimes. I do it to show that I'm not sure if the statement I'm making I correct in a sort of informal way. I didn't know it created such irritation!

I don't think I would do it in a work email though ?

[Boredofthinkingofnewnames]

It's the rising inflexion in bloody written form.

[woopywoo]

Australian inflection?

[woopywoo]

Australian inflection?

[HappenstanceMarmite]

Crazybaglady?

[Crazybaglady]

And I can't type for shit?

[Crazybaglady]

I have steerable habit of doing that?

[TracyBarlow]

Maid I'm with you. I'm usually a purist but I quite like the tone a question mark creates at the end of a statement.

[HappenstanceMarmite]

[HappenstanceMarmite]

Go away? ^

[MaidOfStars]

I have no problem with people using question marks to create a question from a sentence that contains no traditional question words.

I suspect I might be alone on this thread?

[HappenstanceMarmite]

Apparently I sound unhinged?

[echt]

I live and work in Australia and find the AQI is less common than it was, though I've never watched "Neighbours", so no idea if it's alive and kicking there.

What I have noticed is perfectly competent, capable women, and only women, use it when addressing groups of other adults. The pitch of the voice becomes nails-on-the-blackboard high-pitched, too. Its effect is to undermine what they are saying, as statements become questions. I think it's nerves as not one the women does it when speaking one-to-one.

[Salmotrutta]

You need to get a grip OP?

You clearly have very little going on in your life?

And you sound unhinged?

[trufflesnout]

I find it more annoying when it's written down. It just seems so sort of arrogant and demanding. And wrong(?).

[YoureAllABunchOfBastards]

Should be shot in the head? Or kicked in the balls? Or both?

None of the above are questions, btw, but statements of fucking fact.

[waitingforgodot]

I agree. Very annoying

[Backingvocals]

Yy. Emails from work acquaintances that say 'I hope you are well?'